liner SAINT-LAURENT

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1866 - 1902

Design features

Saint-Laurent (iron liner) 1866 - 1902
hull material : ...................iron
previous name(s) of ship : ........
detailed type : ...................iron liner
type of propulsion : ..............1 propeller
building year of ship : ...........1866
name of shipyard : ................Direction Scott
place of construction : ...........Penhoët
year of entering the fleet : ......1866
length (in meters) : ..............112,30
width (in meters) : ...............13,4
gross tonnage (in tons) : .........3420
deadweight (in tons) : ............2021
type of engine : ..................mean pressure and gearing horizontal machine
engine power (in HP) : ............3300
nominal speed (in Knots) : ........12

History

Eight and the last of a series of 8 paddle wheels steamers ordered, for 3 of them, in Scotland, and for the 5 others with the shipyards of Penhoët lately created. In the course of construction, is transformed into a propeller ship and is lengthened. Thus differs from her sisterships : WASHINGTON (1864), LAFAYETTE (1864), IMPERATRICE EUGENIE (1865), EUROPE (1865), FRANCE (1865), NOUVEAU MONDE (1865) and PANAMA (1866). Brought into service in October 1866 on the line Le Havre-New York. In 1875-76, receives new engines. In September 1886, is transferred on the line of Colon. In 1888, receives a triple expansion engine and new boilers. Is assigned then to the line of the West Indies. In May 1896, runs aground in the mouth of the Gironde. Demolished in Genoa in 1903.