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| | MV SERENADE, ex JEAN MERMOZ, MERMOZ, page one |
 | | She was built in 1957 as the JEAN MERMOZ for Compagnie de Navigation Fraissinet et Cyprien Fabre (often referred to as Fabre Line) for service from Marseilles to West Africa via Casablanca, Dakar, Conakry, Monrovia, Abidjan, Tema, Lome, Cotonou, Lagos, Duala, Libreville, Port Gentil, and Pointe Noire. |
 | | JEAN MERMOZ was the final passenger ship built from plans drawn at the end of World War Two for the fleet reconstruction program. |
 | | She was 4 feet longer than the JEAN MERMOZ with an overall length of 531 feet and measured 12,457 gross tons as built. |
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