"On October 29, 1966 the Cimbria [a Clausen Steamship cattle vessel from Copenhagen, Denmark] left Brest [France] with the second importation consisting of 177 Charolais heifers, 37 Charolais bulls, PLUS PARISIEN - Number One."1A report in the Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Science2 gives differing numbers for the 1966/67 French Charolais importation (40 bulls & 175 heifers), but regardless, Parisien's maiden voyage was as a single, red-and-white spotted-wonder amidst two hundred plus, solid-white "exotics."
More research is needed to confirm this, but a POSSIBLE picture of the Cimbria may be the one found at http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo-23660-Cimbriahref=%22 ; or perhaps at http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo-23660-Cimbria
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1. Quote found at p. 107, Simmental in Canada: 1967-2005 Celebrating 38 Years of Progress by Gerry Kaumeyer; Rodney James article consists of pp. 105-109.
2. Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Science, Volume 31(5); May 1967 (Notice), http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1494673/pdf/vetsci00006-0002.pdf
