SS La Provence

SS La Provence in a painting by Antonio Jacobsen
History
France
NameLa Provence
OwnerCompagnie Generale Transatlantique
BuilderChantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire
Laid downDecember 1903[1]
Launched21 March 1905
Completed1905
FateSunk by U-35, 26 February 1916
General characteristics
TypeOcean liner
Tonnage13,753 GRT
Length191 metres (626.6 ft) LOA
Beam19.8 metres (65.0 ft)
Draught8.15 metres (26.7 ft)
Depth12.7 metres (41.7 ft) amidships[2]
Installed power30,000 ihp
Propulsion2 x triple expansion steam engines
Speed23 knots (26 mph; 43 km/h)
Capacity397 first class, 205 second class and 900 third class passengers
Crew435

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]

  1. ^ a b Marine Engineering May, 1905, p. 206.
  2. ^ Marine Engineering August, 1905, p. 315.
  3. ^ "Greatest Disaster". The Ogden Standard. 4 March 1916. p. 16.