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Verne's visit to Malta

From: <ian.thompson~at~ges.gla.ac.uk>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:36:20 +0100 (BST)
To: jvf~at~Gilead.org.il

Dear Vernians,
I have just returned from Malta, an island I have visited frequently over
more than 50 years and which Verne visited in 1884.
In an earlier posting I described Verne's near shipwreck and the arrest of
his brother Paul and nephew Maurice. The purpose of my last visit was to
try to elucidate further what Verne did when in Malta while the St. Michel
III was being repaired.
Rather than posting a long message, I will post several shorter messages
of my findings over the space of a few days. A logical starting point is
to establish who exactly was on board the ship as shown in the Customs
record, conserved in the National Archives at Rabat. The document is
headed"List of Crew Inwards of the Steamer Yacht called St Michel
belonging to the Port of Nantes, Charles Ollive Master, arrived from
Tunis. Registered tonnage 38, bound for Syracuse". The document is
countersigned by the Chancellor of the French Consular Office, M.Laporte.
The members of the crew and passengers are listed as follows:-
Ollive (Charles) Age 58, Master
Huchet (Auguste) 47, Mate
Meynier (Joseph)52, Engineer
Souzan, (Yvan) 38, Engineer
Jolin (Eugene) 27, Engineer
Aurion (Pierre)46, Seaman
Sorin (Joseph) 29, Seaman
Hervuet (Francois)20, Seaman
Vellope (Louis) 33, Cook
Tarrand (Elie) 17, Boy

Verne Jules 56, Owner of the steamer
Verne Honorine 53
Verne Michel 23
Verne (Paul) 54
Verne (Maurice)22
Godefroy Robert 32
The document is signed by C Ollive on 21 June, 1884.
Clearly Verne had quite an experienced crew which must have helped the
survival of the vessel in the storm.
More postings shortly.
Ian Thompson.

Godefroy Robert 32
Received on Sat 28 Oct 2006 - 16:36:34 IST

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