Bazin (Shipping company, France)

Last modified: 2004-10-02 by ivan sache
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• History of Bazin
• House flags of Bazin
  • Bazin & Cie (1831-1846)
  • Bazin & Périer (1846-1854)
  • Bazin & Léon Gay (1854-1865)

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• France
• House flags of French shipping companies based in Marseilles
• House flags of shipping companies

History of Bazin

Charles Bazin (1798-1879) and his cousin Auguste Bazin were merchants. The Bazin family was Protestant, of French origin, and settled back in Marseilles after having emigrated to Holland and Switzerland. In 1824, Charles, associated with Auguste, succeded his father in trade.

In 1831, the Bazin founded the first steam shipping company in Marseilles and opened a scheduled line between Provence and Italy, operating two paddle steamships. The Henri IV inaugurated the line Marseilles-Genoa-Civitavecchia-Naples. On 12 December 1834, the Henri IV ran aground the beach of Orbitello, near Leghorn, with no casualties. The Sully, the sister-ship of the Henri IV, was launched on 4 April 1831 and pulled down in 1850.
In 1835, the Bazin line was extended to Malta and Piraeus (Greece), with the paddle steamboat Pharamond. In 1841, the Charlemagne, then the fastest ship in the world, sailed between Marseilles and Algiers in 45 hours. Bazin signed a contract with the French state for the service to Algeria and Tunisia. On 5 July 1846, the Philippe-Auguste