liner SAINT-DOMINGUE

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1932 - 1949

Design features

Saint-Domingue (steel liner) 1932 - 1949
hull material : ...................steel
previous name(s) of ship : ........pologne, orégon
detailed type : ...................steel liner
type of propulsion : ..............1 propeller
building year of ship : ...........1911
name of shipyard : ................Sir James Laing & Sons
place of construction : ...........Sunderland
year of entering the fleet : ......1932
length (in meters) : ..............99,05
width (in meters) : ...............13,41
gross tonnage (in tons) : .........3159
deadweight (in tons) : ............2255
type of engine : ..................inverted, triple expansion 3 cylinders
engine power (in HP) : ............2000
nominal speed (in Knots) : ........12

History

Ex-RAWSON built on behalf of the Cia. Argentina de Navigacion. (A. Dodero). Brought into service in 1911. Bought by Transat in March 1917 to serve the line Le Havre-Bordeaux-Haiti. Renamed OREGON. In 1919, is assigned to a line serving Tunis at the departure of Nantes, with stop over in Bordeaux and Algiers. In 1921, her installations are transformed. Is renamed POLOGNE and assigned, in April 1921 to a regular line between Gdynia and Le Havre, designed to make converge the emigrants towards the steamers of the line of New York. With the removal of the line of Gdynia, in 1932, SAINT DOMINGUE is renamed and reallocated in March in the Bordeaux-Haiti line. From June 1932 at the end of 1934, she is assigned to the lines of the Mediterranean, from departure of Marseille. From 1935 to 1943, is used like stationary in the West Indies, where she accomplishes circular trips at the departure of Fort de-France. From 1943, shet is used within the framework of the interallied pool, always in the same sector. 1946 to 1949, she is again assigned to the lines of North Africa. Sold to an Honduran shipowner in 1950, renamed GYPTIS and laid up in Antwerp. Demolished in Ghent, in Belgium, in 1953, without having begun to sail again on the sea.