Société Anonyme de Gérance et d'Armement

History

• 1926 Compagnie des Bateaux à Vapeur du Nord
• 1934 Union Maritime
• 1935 Compagnie Franco-Africaine de Navigation
• 1939 Société Navale de l'Ouest. Founded to operate scheduled services to Algeria and West Africa.
• 1963 Société Nationale d'Affrêtements. Founded in 1916 by the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée to transport coal imported from England. Nationalised by the French Government in 1937, the company was owned by SNCF but maintained its own management until 1963 when the company and its eight ships were purchased by SAGA.

• 1927 Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace Société Anonyme de Navigation. This company operated services between Tilbury and Dunkirk. Later the English port was changed to Folkestone. All services were abandoned in 1936.
• 1929 Compagnie Chérifienne d'Armements
• 1957 Société Navale de la Sanaga,
• 1964 CETRAMAR,
• 1965 Normandy Ferries. Later bought out by P&O Ferries to become P&O Normandy Ferries.

List of ships

Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace Société Anonyme de Navigation

• 1927-1932 TSS Lorrain formerly the TSS Rathmore.
• 1927-1936 TSS Alsacien formerly the TSS Duke of Argyll.
• 1927-1936 TSS Flamand formerly the TSS Londonderry.
• 1927-1936 TSS Picard formerly the TSS Duke of Cumberland.
• 1934-1947 SS Twickenham Ferry operated as HMS Twickenham by the Royal Navy from 1940 to 1945.
• 1975-1990 MV Saint Eloi

  Directors

• Jacques Bingen 1935-1944