liner VILLE D'AJACCIO

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1948 - 1960 (en gérance)

Design features

Ville d'Ajaccio (liner) 1948 - 1960
hull material : ...................steel
previous name(s) of ship : ........
detailed type : ...................liner
type of propulsion : ..............1 propeller
building year of ship : ...........1929
name of shipyard : ................Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence
place of construction : ...........Port de Bouc
year of entering the fleet : ......1948
length (in meters) : ..............82,00
width (in meters) : ...............12,5
gross tonnage (in tons) : .........2444
deadweight (in tons) : ............1707
type of engine : ..................inverted, triple expansion 3 cylinders
engine power (in HP) : ............3200
nominal speed (in Knots) : ........15

History

Built on behalf of Compagnie Fraissinet. Brought into service in April 1929 on the lines of Corsica. Is transformed into September 1939 into a patrol craft. Renamed P4. Her service in July 1940 begins again. Torpedoed in February 1943 off Saint-Tropez but manages to reach Ajaccio. After the freeing of Corsica in September 1943, carries out rotations between Corsica and North Africa. Her service at the departure of Marseille in 1945 begins again. Entrusted with management to Compagnie Générale Transatlantique in May 1948. Same service. Sold to a Panamanian shipowner in 1960. Renamed EASTWIND. Demolished in Hong-Kong in 1961.