SS Athos

History
France
Name	SS Athos
Namesake	Athos
Owner	Messageries Maritimes
Builder	Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk
Launched	25 July 1914
In service	28 November 1915
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk, 17 February 1917
General characteristics [1]
Type	Cargo-passenger ship
Tonnage	12,698 GRT 9,400 DWT
Displacement	18,570 metric tons
Length	161.7 m (530 ft 6 in)
Beam	18.83 m (61 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion steam engines, 9,000 hp (6,711 kW) 9 × coal-fired boilers 2 shafts
Speed	17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)
Capacity	Passengers: 112 first-class 96 second-class 90 third-class 390–1000 in steerage

SS Athos was a French cargo-passenger ship of the Messageries Maritimes, launched in 1914, that was sunk in the Mediterranean by the German submarine SM U-65 during World War I.