 SS La Provence in a painting by Antonio Jacobsen
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| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | La Provence |
| Owner | Compagnie Generale Transatlantique |
| Builder | Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire |
| Laid down | December 1903[1] |
| Launched | 21 March 1905 |
| Completed | 1905 |
| Fate | Sunk by U-35, 26 February 1916 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 13,753 GRT |
| Length | 191 metres (626.6 ft) LOA |
| Beam | 19.8 metres (65.0 ft) |
| Draught | 8.15 metres (26.7 ft) |
| Depth | 12.7 metres (41.7 ft) amidships[2] |
| Installed power | 30,000 ihp |
| Propulsion | 2 x triple expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 23 knots (26 mph; 43 km/h) |
| Capacity | 397 first class, 205 second class and 900 third class passengers |
| Crew | 435 |
SS La Provence was an ocean liner and auxiliary cruiser torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea on 26 February 1916.[3] She belonged to the French Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.
When launched on 21 March 1905 in a ceremony attended by the Ministers of Public Works and Commerce along with the First Secretary of Marine, La Provence was the largest ship in the French merchant marine and the largest built in France.[1]
- ^ a b Marine Engineering May, 1905, p. 206.
- ^ Marine Engineering August, 1905, p. 315.
- ^ "Greatest Disaster". The Ogden Standard. 4 March 1916. p. 16.