Launched in July 1952 by Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde in Bordeaux as the Jean Laborde, she was the last of four sister ships built for Messageries Maritimes.
Gironde | Gironde estuary | Talmont-sur-Gironde | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Forges-les-Eaux | Forges de Syam | Blanquefort, Gironde | Salles, Gironde | Langon, Gironde | Lagorce, Gironde | Gironde's 8th constituency | Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde | Compagnie des forges et acieries de la marine et d'Homecourt | Cardan, Gironde | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire |