liner LA LORRAINE

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1900 - 1922

Design features

La Lorraine (steel mail liner) 1900 - 1922
hull material : ...................steel
previous name(s) of ship : ........
detailed type : ...................steel mail liner
type of propulsion : ..............2 propellers
building year of ship : ...........1899
name of shipyard : ................Compagnie Transatlantique
place of construction : ...........Penhoët
year of entering the fleet : ......1900
length (in meters) : ..............170,00
width (in meters) : ...............18,26
gross tonnage (in tons) : .........11168
deadweight (in tons) : ............4202
type of engine : ..................2 inverted, triple expansion 4 cylinders
engine power (in HP) : ............22000
nominal speed (in Knots) : ........20

History

First of a pair of two ships, the second being LA SAVOIE, she is, at the time, the largest French steamer. Her career was thwarted, from the beginning, by many technical failures and four collisions. Brought into service in August 1900 on the line Le Havre-New York. In August 1914, is converted into an auxiliary cruiser and renamed LA LORRAINE II. Used as transport of troops as from 1917, under her primordial name. Put again in service on the line Le Havre-New York in February 1919. Sold for the demolition in Penhoët at the end of 1922.