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Canal boat OTD Sep 5 1917

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Sep 5 1917 OTD Paul Castelnau takes these 104-year-old photos of a Canal boat prepared for inspection from the Belgian King

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Cannonière sur le Canal de l'Yser près de Loo (visite du roi des Belges), Belgique, A 12 926

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Cannonière sur le Canal de l'Yser près de Loo (visite du roi des Belges), Belgique, A 12 927
5 septembre 1917
Source: Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Wrecksite writes that SS Furieuse was 1 of 8 ships of the French Navy that navigated the Canals to support the Front Lines.

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