liner VILLE DE TUNIS

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1952 - 1967

Design features

Ville de Tunis (steel liner) 1952 - 1967
hull material : ...................steel
previous name(s) of ship : ........
detailed type : ...................steel liner
type of propulsion : ..............2 propellers
building year of ship : ...........1950
name of shipyard : ................D.C.A.N. Arsenal de Lorient
place of construction : ...........Lorient
year of entering the fleet : ......1952
length (in meters) : ..............136,00
width (in meters) : ...............19,45
gross tonnage (in tons) : .........9226
deadweight (in tons) : ............2174
type of engine : ..................2 single reduction Parsons geared turbine sets
engine power (in HP) : ............15000
nominal speed (in Knots) : ........21

History

Sistership : VILLE DE MARSEILLE (1951). Brought into service in March 1952 on the lines of North Africa, at the departure from Marseille. Her career will be thwarted by many mechanical incidents. Sold in 1967 to the Greek shipping company Helen & Dimitrios Kyriakos. Renamed MEGALONISSOS KRITI and used on regular connections between Greece and Crete. Sold for the demolition in 1980. Whereas she was towed towards Barcelona, sinks by bad weather at about 57 miles in the North-East of Formentera, in the Balearic Islands.