Build New Ship
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French Company to Build New Ship
THE aged Messageries Martime liner Eridan will be retired after her current voyage from France to New Caledonia.
She will eventually be replaced by a ship of the same type as the company’s Caledonien, but in the meantime a chartered ship will take oyer. The temporary replace ment is the 8,000-tons Resurgent ex Chang Chow, which has pre viously seen service with MM.
Eridan has been in the MM Pacific service since before the war.