[2] The ship was operated under the management of the Compagnie de Navigation Fraissinet.

Her port of registry was Marseille and the Code Letters OVSM were allocated.

[3] On 23 October 1937 whilst on board Général Bonaparte, César Campinchi, the Minister of Marine, remarked that he thought war with Italy was "not only inevitable but necessary".

He also said that new air bases would need to be established in Corsica, from which an offensive would be launched that would "bring Fascism to its knees".

[4] On 19 May 1943, Général Bonaparte was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by british convoy 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Nice, Alpes Maritimes by HMS Sportsman.