SS Paris (1916)

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SS Paris in port
History
France
Name	SS Paris
Namesake	Paris, France
Owner	Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
Port of registry	Le Havre, France
Route	Le Havre, France - New York, USA
Builder	Penhoët, Saint Nazaire, France
Yard number	68
Laid down	1913
Launched	12 September 1916
Maiden voyage	15 June 1921
In service	15 June 1921
Refit	1929
Stricken	1939
Homeport	Le Havre, France
Nickname(s)	"Aristocrat of the Atlantic"
Fate	Caught fire, and capsized in Le Havre on 18 April 1939, Scrapped in 1947
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	34,569 GRT, 15,333 NRT
Displacement	36,695
Length	768 ft (234 m)
Beam	85 ft (26 m)
Draft	31 ft (9.4 m)
Depth	68 ft (21 m)
Decks	10
Propulsion	4 Parson's Turbines 46,000 hp
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range	8,000 miles (13,000 km) radius
Boats & landing craft carried	54 Lifeboats, 1 Motorboat, 2 Service boats
Capacity	3,241 563 first class 468 second class 2,210 third class
Crew	657

SS Paris was a French ocean liner built for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire, France. Although Paris was laid down in 1913, her launching was delayed until 1916, and she was not completed until 1921, due to World War I. When Paris was finally completed, she was the largest liner under the French flag, at 34,569 tons. Although not so large as the Olympic-class or the Imperator-class and not intended to challenge the speed record of the Mauretania, the Paris, operated by the Cie Generale Transatlantique, was one of the finest liners put into service, at the time.^[1] She was 768 feet long, 86 feet beam and 60 feet deep. On 31 feet draught, she displaced 36,700 metric tons ^[2]