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ALOUETTE: entered service 1986; refurbished 2001; 98’ x 17’; 4-passenger capacity; 2 cabins; British officers and crew; cruises on Canal du Midi.
ANJODI: entered service 1983; refurbished 2006; 100’ x 16.6’; 8-passenger capacity; 4 cabins; British and French officers and crew; cruises on Canal du Midi and Provence in southern France.
ATHOS: entered service 1982; refurbished 2006; 103’ x 18.3’; 10-passenger capacity; 5 cabins; French and British crew; cruises on Canal du Midi.
ENCHANTE: entered service 2009; refurbished 2009; 100’ x 17’; 8-passenger capacity; 4 cabins; British officers and crew; cruises in Camargue and Provence in southern France.
HIRONDELLE: entered service 1993; 128’ x 17’; 8-passenger capacity; 4 cabins; British officers and crew; cruises in Burgundy and Franche-Comte.
LA BELLE EPOQUE: entered service 1995; refurbished 2006; 126’ x 16.6’; 13- passenger capacity; 7 cabins (a/c); British and French officers and crew; cruises in Burgundy. (Category B—No Rating)
LA DOLCE VITA: entered service 2005; 65’ x 16.4’; 6-passenger capacity; 3 cabins; Italian and British officers and crew; cruises in Venice and Brenta River in Italy.
L’ART DE VIVRE: entered service 1998; refurbished 2006; 100’ x 16.6’; 8-passenger capacity; 4 cabins; French and British officers and crew; cruises on Nivernais Canal in Burgundy.
L’IMPRESSIONNISTE: entered service 1996; refurbished 2006; 126’ x 16.6’; 13-passenger capacity; 7 cabins; British and French officers and crew; cruises the Burgundy Canal.
LA REINE PEDAQUE: entered service 1985; 128’ x 15’; 8-passenger capacity; 4 cabins; French officers and crew; cruises the Burgundy Canal.
MAGNA CARTA: entered service 2002; 117’ x 16.6’; 8- to 10-passenger capacity; 4 to 5 cabins; British officers and crew; cruises lower Thames in England.
NAPOLEON: entered service 1992; refurbished 2001; 129’x 17.5’; 12-passenger capacity; 6 cabins; cruises in Vallee du Rhone and Provence.
NYMPHEA: entered service 1980, refurbished 2003; 80’ long; 6-passenger capacity; 3 cabins; British and French officers and crew; cruises in Loire Valley, France.
RENAISSANCE (formerly La Bonne Humeur): entered service 1997; refurbished 2006; 128’ x 17.6’; 8-passenger capacity; 4 cabins; British and French officers and crew; cruises western Burgundy and the Upper Loire. ******+
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SAVOIR FAIRE: entered service 1932; 130’ x 16.6’; 12-passenger capacity; 6 cabins; British officers and crew; cruises in Champagne and Burgundy in France, western Belgium, and western Holland.
SCOTTISH HIGHLANDER: entered service 1999; refurbished 2006; 117’ x 16.6’; 8-passenger capacity; 4 cabins; cruises in Scotland on Caledonian Canal.
SHANNON PRINCESS II: entered service 2003; 107’ x 20’; 10-passenger capacity; 5 cabins; Irish crew; cruises in Ireland on the River Shannon.
These ships are rated in 11 separate categories in the second half of chapter 14.
