The
Rothschild Bank founded the Société Anonyme de Gérance et d'Armement (also known by its acronym SAGA) in 1919 for the management of French state-owned ships.
History
In 1920, SAGA operated the coal fleet of the
, a railway company also owned by the Rothschild group.
Acquisitions:
*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
The Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée ("Railway Company of Paris to Lyon and the Mediterranean"), also known as the Chemins de fer Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée or simply PLM, established in 1857, was one of Fran ...
to transport coal imported from England. Nationalised by the French Government in 1937, the company was owned by
SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffi ...
but maintained its own management until 1963 when the company and its eight ships were purchased by SAGA.
Subsidiaries
*1927 ''Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace Société Anonyme de Navigation''.
[Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth and Langmuir, 1968] 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'' (jointly with
Péchiney),
*1964 ''CETRAMAR'' (jointly with
Chargeurs Réunis,
Louis-Dreyfus and Union Navale),
*1965 ''Normandy Ferries'' (jointly with General Steam Navigation Company). Later bought out by
P&O Ferries
P&O Ferries is a British shipping company that operates ferry, ferries from United Kingdom to Ireland, and to Continental Europe (France, Belgium and the Netherlands). The company was created in 2002 through mergers and acquisitions within P&O ...
to become P&O Normandy Ferries.
Between 1968 and 1982 SAGA withdrew from shipping services and now as part of
Bolloré
Bolloré SE () is a French conglomerate headquartered in Puteaux, on the western outskirts of Paris, France. Founded in 1822, the company has interests in Vivendi, international freight forwarding, oil storage and pipelines in France, solid state ...
Investissement SA provides sea, air, and inland transport services.
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
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
from 1940 to 1945.
*1975-1990
MV ''Saint Eloi''
Directors
*
Jacques Bingen
Jacques Bingen (16 March 1908 – 12 May 1944) was a high-ranking member of the French Resistance during World War II who, when captured by the Gestapo, chose to commit suicide rather than risk divulging what he knew under torture.
Early life
Bin ...
1935-1944
References
External links
SAGA Company Website
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Ferry companies of France
Connections across the English Channel
Transport companies established in 1919
1919 establishments in France