SS La Touraine

SS La Touraine
History
France
NameSS La Touraine
Namesakeformer province of Touraine
OwnerCompagnie Générale Transatlantique
BuilderChantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire, France
Launched21 March 1890
Maiden voyageLe HavreNew York, 20 June 1891
FateScrapped October 1923
General characteristics
Tonnage
Length158.55 m (520 ft 2 in) LBP
Beam17.07 m (56 ft 0 in)
Speed19 knots (35 km/h)
Capacity1090 passengers (392 Saloon, 98 second class, 600 steerage)
Boiler Room of La Touraine
La Touraine leaving port
Bridge of La Touraine
Ship's Interior
Grand Stair of La Touraine
La Touraine Smoking Room
Colorized oblique photo postcard
La Touraine leaving Le Havre.
La Touraine passing the Statue of Liberty

SS La Touraine was an ocean liner that sailed for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique from the 1890s to the 1920s. Built in France in 1891, she was primarily employed in transatlantic service on the North Atlantic. The liner was scrapped in Dunkirk in October 1923.