liner CARTHAGE

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1910 - 1915

Design features

Carthage (steel liner) 1910 - 1915
hull material : ...................steel
previous name(s) of ship : ........
detailed type : ...................steel liner
type of propulsion : ..............2 propellers
building year of ship : ...........1910
name of shipyard : ................Swan Hunter
place of construction : ...........Newcastle
year of entering the fleet : ......1910
length (in meters) : ..............121,75
width (in meters) : ...............15,6
gross tonnage (in tons) : .........5275
deadweight (in tons) : ............1524
type of engine : ..................2 inverted, triple expansion, 3 cylinders
engine power (in HP) : ............9000
nominal speed (in Knots) : ........19

History

Brought into service in August 1910 on the lines of North Africa, at the departure of Marseille. On January 16, 1912, during a travel between Marseille and Tunis, the steamer is hailed by an Italian destroyer then retained in Sardinia during six days, under the pretext that she transported a plane which could have been used for military actions directed against Italy. At the time, Turkey and Italy quarelled over Tripolitaine. This incident was at the origin of a serious diplomatic slump between Italy and France. In September 1914, is transformed into auxiliary cruiser then in transport of troops in 1915. On July 4, 1915, is torpedoed in the Aegen sea by the German submarine U 212. 6 victims.