liner SAVOIE

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1940 - 1942 (en gérance)

Design features

Savoie (liner) 1940 - 1942
hull material : ...................steel
previous name(s) of ship : ........araguaya, Kraljica Maria
detailed type : ...................liner
type of propulsion : ..............2 propellers
building year of ship : ...........1906
name of shipyard : ................Workman & Clark
place of construction : ...........Belfast
year of entering the fleet : ......1940
length (in meters) : ..............159,02
width (in meters) : ...............18,6
gross tonnage (in tons) : .........10196
deadweight (in tons) : ............7810
type of engine : ..................2 inverted, quadruple expansion
engine power (in HP) : ............8500
nominal speed (in Knots) : ........16

History

Entered in service in October 1906 under the name of ARAGUAYA. Second of a series of nine ships delivered between 1905 and 1914 to Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Serves South America, departure from Southampton until 1917 then again from 1920 to 1926, after a short period as ship-hospital during the war. In 1926, is transformed into cruising ship. Royal Mail will early acquire a reputation in this branch of industry to which it will devote several of its large steamers. In November 1930, is sold to a Jugoslavian shipping company, renamed KRALJICA MARIJA and employed on various routes in the Mediterranean and in Black Sea. In January 1940, the French Government buys her to compensate for the loss of the BRETAGNE steamer. Given in management to Transat and renamed SAVOIE, she was intended to be placed on the line of the West Indies but, owing to the events, is affected to a line connecting Marseille to West Africa. November 8, 1942, while she is alongside the quay in Casablanca, the SAVOIE steamer is completely destroyed by the air and naval forces which support the trooplanding in North Africa. Three dead. Set afloat, then demolished on the spot.