Ici, frédérique,
j'apporte la réponse à ma propre question, ayant été poser la question sur un forum "warships", (çàd bateaux de guerre). Voici la réponse, pour ceux que cela intéresse:
Il 'agissait en fait du FORT PEMBINA, bateau loué par les anglais pour transporter des véhicules appartenant aux divisions françaises:
The correct name is FORT PEMBINA. It was a 7,134 ton merchant ship, managed by Billmeir. It was hired to carry motor vehicles.
For the landing in south of France - she loaded a cargo of 126 vehicles; 260 troops and 109 tonnes of stores at Taranto 4 - 7 August 1944; sailed from Taranto 10 August as part of convoy TF.1 - this consisted of several large ships which carried two Free French infantry divisions. Arrived 16 August and discharged her cargo.
FORT PEMBINA
Type: North Sands
Tonnage: 7,134grt
Dimensions: 441.5 x 57.2
Builders: Burrard Dry Dock Co., North Vancouver; Hull: Vancouver DD Co.
Delivery Date: August, 1942
Owners;Managers: U.S.W.S.A.; J. A Billmeir & Co., London for M.O.W.T.
Post war History: 1947: U.S.M.C.;Broken up Baltimore 1958.
A bientôt !
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