Fabre Line
The Fabre Line or Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur Cyprien Fabre & Compagnie was a French shipping line formed in 1881. It began operating a small fleet of sailing ships in 1865.[1][2][3] Its ports of call included New York, NY; Providence, Rhode Island; Boston, MA; Ponta Delgada, Madeira, and Lisbon, Portugal; Piraeus, Salonica, and Athens, Greece; Algiers, Morocco; Beirut, Lebanon; Naples & Palermo, Italy; Alexandria, Egypt; Jaffa and Haifa, Palestine; Constantinople, Turkey; and Monaco and Marseilles, France.[4]
In June 1911, Fabre Line steamships began trans-Atlantic service to India Point in Providence, Rhode Island.[5] Between June 30, 1912 and June 30, 1913, Fabre brought almost 12,000 mostly Italian and Portuguese immigrants to Providence's Lonsdale Dock.[5] The route was so popular that Fabre built an additional pier in 1914.[5] Service continued until 1934.[6]
The Fabre Line was the only transatlantic route to southern New England.[6]
It became the Compagnie Generale de Navigation a Vapeur in 1933 under the helm of Jean Alfred Fraissinet. Jean Alfred Fraissinet, owner of the Nouvelle Société Maritime de Navigation à Vapeur (Compagnie Fraissinet) married Mathilde Cyprien-Fabre. In 1930, the two shipping firms, as well as a third line, integrated operations to mutually increase their commercial competitiveness. [1]
References
- ^ a b "Fabre Line". The Ships List. 2006-04-03. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
- ^ "Fabre Line". Retrieved 2014-03-22.
- ^ "Fabre Line Archives of Historical Documents, Passenger Lists, etc". Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives. 2000. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
- ^ "SS Alesia Passenger List - 19 June 1930 | GG Archives". www.gjenvick.com. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ a b c Shipping Expands Around the Point (Informational sign in the park). India Point Park.
- ^ a b Jennings, William (2013). Aboard the Fabre Line to Providence: immigration to Rhode Island. Charleston, SC: the History Press. ISBN 9781626192294.
