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Musée maritime et portuaire

9 quai de la Citadelle - 59140 Dunkerque
  • Nord
  • Hauts-de-France

Visit of the fire boat Sandettié

The Sandettié fire boat was a standing ship.
17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed
Musée portuaire de Dunkerque -Théo Chrétien

With his powerful lantern and foghorn, he pointed out to other ships the presence of the dangerous sandbars off Dunkirk harbour.
Commissioned in 1949, BF 6 (Fire Boat 6) was successively called Dyck and Sandettié, named after the sandbars it was responsible for reporting. With each change of assignment, the name painted in large white letters on the hull was changed.
The crew of this ship without destination consisted of 8 men in charge of keeping the boat and its lighting system in good working order, conducting and transmitting weather reports or monitoring vessels passing by.
A page in the maritime history of Dunkirk was turned when, greeted by a concert of sirens, the fire boat Sandettié returned to port for the last time on June 3, 1989.
Owned by the Dunkerque Urban Community since 1997, it was restored and opened to the public in 2006. On a regular basis, special visits are organized with Bernard Quilliot, his former chief engineer.
Duration of the visit: 30 minutes

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Musée maritime et portuaire
9 quai de la Citadelle - 59140 Dunkerque
  • Nord
  • Hauts-de-France
1 MUSEUM, 3 BOATS, 1 LIGHTHOUSE(HEADLIGHT): 1 000 EMOTIONS The harbour Museum it is 1 600 m2 of exhibitions(exposures), the 4 centuries of history(story), 500 works (models, videos, paintings(boards)) and 5 places to be visited: the Museum, three boats and the lighthouse(headlight) of Risban... So many(much) starting points for all your adventures!
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Édifice maritime et fluvial, Édifice industriel, scientifique et technique, Musée, salle d'exposition, Musée de France
Musée maritime et portuaire de Dunkerque