Fabre Line
The Fabre Line or Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur Cyprien Fabre & Compagnie was a French shipping line formed in 1881. It began operating a small fleet of sailing ships in 1865.[1][2][3]
Fabre Line steamships brought over eleven thousand European immigrants to Providence, Rhode Island between the years 1911 and 1934.[4] Most of these were from Portugal and Italy. The Fabre Line was the only transatlantic route to southern New England.[4]
It became the Compagnie Generale de Navigation a Vapeur in 1933 under the helm of Jean Alfred Fraissinet. Jean Alfred Fraissinet, owner of the Nouvelle Société Maritime de Navigation à Vapeur (Compagnie Fraissinet) married Mathilde Cyprien-Fabre. In 1930, the two shipping firms, as well as a third line, integrated operations to mutually increase their commercial competitiveness. [1]
