Solvay 68

Solvay 68, registration NY3050F, was built at Villeneuve le Garenne in 1930 with a 25 hp Deutz engine.  All information on this page was taken from Vagus-Vagrant.fr unless otherwise specified.

Solvay 68 was put up for sale by Solvay in 1980, sadly after the departure of Jean-Claude and Charline Bernard. It was purchased by a couple whose parents had both been Solvay bargees: Daniel Hass and his wife Yvanine, née Van-Hoeylandt. They gave it the name "Dan-Yva" a contraction of the first three letters of their first names, and sailed it until the early 1990s, when it was sent for scrapping. 

Two shots of Solvay 68 from the 1950s posted by Alain, grandson of the ship's captain at the time, Jean Portner:

 

With Solvay 82 in Dombasle:

At Ligny-en-Barrois on the Marne-Rhine canal:

At Dombasle with Solvay 20:

Waiting in front of Solvay 46 at Lay-Saint-Rémy for the Foug tunnel on the Marne-Rhine canal:

This is the postcard that the above shot was taken from:

Solvay 68 entering the Foug tunnel at Lay-Saint-Rémy:

At Réchicourt on the Marne-Rhine canal in September 1961:

  

From 1939:

Two more pictures that are obviously early too:

One from the late 1970s:

In Dombasle in front of the Maugras saltworks with Solvay 77 and tug B3:

No idea where I found this undated picture without a location:

Here are two photos after she was sold and became Dan-Yva (the first three letters of the christian names of the new owners Daniel and Yvanine). These are from 23/6/1986 in Saverne at the western end of town where we like mooring outside the VNF offices: