Solvay 114

Solvay 114, registration NY3115F, was built in 1932 at Choisy-le-Roi with a 30 hp Deutz engine. All information, unless stated otherwise, is from Vagus-Vagrant.fr.

Solvay 114 was put up for sale in 1978 by Solvay, following Albert Thomas's transfer to Solvay 97. Mr. and Mrs. Alain C., craftsmen in Nancy (54), acquired it and renamed it Ceres. In the late 1990s, a company in Dombasle bought it to use as a workshop for their shipyard in preparation for dismantling the former Solvay 67 in 2002. They then dismantled it in early 2004 on its slipway.

Postcard showing Solvay 114 next to Solvay 107 at Dombasle:

Another postcard showing her loading limestone at Dombasle (see close up in second picture):

Crew and family on the bows...

...and a similar shot on the stern:

Here she is passing through Conflans on the Seine:

During the winter of 1963 at Vanne-Alcorps, on the Meuse: the only Solvay to have a two-man crew, the brothers Albert and Maurice Simon:

At the same time as the above photo, Solvay 114 was stuck in the ice behind Solvay 104 and another unidentified Solvay:

With Solvay 84 in Saint Jean-de-Losne in 1953:

With Solvay 107 in Givet in 1974:

In Soulanges at the end of the 1970s (a great summer mooring spot of ours as it's in the shade these days):

Solvay 114 at Fains-les-Sources (55) in winter 1972:

Ceres (on the right) in 2001: