liner LAFAYETTE

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1930 - 1938

Design features

Lafayette (steel liner) 1930 - 1938
hull material : ...................steel
previous name(s) of ship : ........
detailed type : ...................steel liner
type of propulsion : ..............4 propellers
building year of ship : ...........1929
name of shipyard : ................Chantiers & Ateliers de St Nazaire
place of construction : ...........Penhoët
year of entering the fleet : ......1930
length (in meters) : ..............175,00
width (in meters) : ...............23,64
gross tonnage (in tons) : .........25178
deadweight (in tons) : ............9250
type of engine : ..................4 M.A.N. engines 2-stroke double acting 6 cylinders
engine power (in HP) : ............18000
nominal speed (in Knots) : ........18

History

LAFAYETTE will have a very short career. First large engine steamer of the Company, very modern of style, she is brought into service on the line the Le Havre-New York in May 1930. Carries out cruisings regularly. Her voyages to Spitzberg inspired the novelist Roger Vercel. Is completely destroyed by a fire in May 1938, while she was in the great dry dock of Le Havre. Demolished in Rotterdam.