cargo ship ARDèCHE

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1915 - 1925

Design features

Ardèche (steel cargo ship) 1915 - 1925
hull material : ...................steel
previous name(s) of ship : ........général Lyautey
detailed type : ...................steel cargo ship
type of propulsion : ..............1 propeller
building year of ship : ...........1890
name of shipyard : ................R.W. Hawthorn
place of construction : ...........Newcastle
year of entering the fleet : ......1915
length (in meters) : ..............95,77
width (in meters) : ...............12,81
gross tonnage (in tons) : .........2770
deadweight (in tons) : ............4130
type of engine : ..................inverted, triple expansion 3 cylinders
engine power (in HP) : ............2000
nominal speed (in Knots) : ........10

History

Cargo liner of 4100t of 1890, built for the GULF Line like GULF OF ANCUD, sold in 1910 to Anglo Hellenic S.S. Compagny and renamed VOSTIZZA, then in 1912 to Ligne Cétoise de Navigation, renamed MONT AIGOUAL then MARÉCHAL LYAUTEY, finally sold in 1915 to CGT in order to replace units lost during the conflict. Brought into service on September 21, 1916. Operated on the coastal services, in particularly from November 1921 on the line Rouen-Algiers-Tunis, which she inaugurates. Demolished in 1925.