SS Espagne (Provence, 1909)
{{Other ships|Espagne (disambiguation){{!}}SS Espagne}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Espagne transatlantique.jpg |Ship caption=Espagne }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=France |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|France|civil}} |Ship name=Espagne |Ship namesake=Spain |Ship owner=Compagnie Générale Transatlantique |Ship operator= |Ship registry={{flagicon|France}} Le Havre, France |Ship route= |Ship ordered=29 May 1908 |Ship builder=Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=30 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=19 December 1909 |Ship completed= |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service=October 1910 |Ship out of service=June 1932 |Ship identification=*Code Letters OGPR
|Ship fate=Scrapped May 1934 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type=Ocean liner |Ship tonnage={{GRT|11,155}}, {{NRT|5,659}}, {{DWT|4,467}} |Ship length={{convert|537|ft|8|in|m|2}} |Ship beam={{convert|60|ft|8|in|m|2}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= |Ship depth={{convert|39|ft|0|in|m|2}} |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship sail plan= |Ship power=Two 4-cylinder triple expansion steam engines, 1,376 NHP |Ship propulsion=Twin screw propellers |Ship speed={{convert|18|kn|km/h}} |Ship capacity= |Ship crew= |Ship notes= }} |
Espagne was an {{GRT|11,155}} ocean liner which was built in 1909–10 for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. She served as a troopship during World War I and was in service until 1932, and was scrapped in 1934.
Design
Espagne was ordered from Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence, Port de Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône on 29 May 1908 as Yard No.30 for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5607826 |shipname=Espagne |accessdate=13 May 2014}}{{cite book |last1=Haws |first1=Duncan |title=French Line (Compagnie Générale Transatlantique) |date=1996 |publisher=TCL Publications |location=[East Grinstead?] |isbn=0-946378-30-4 |page=65}} She was {{convert|537|ft|8|in|m|2}} long, with a beam of {{convert|60|ft|8|in|m|2}} and a depth of {{convert|39|ft|0|in|m|2}}. She was assessed at {{GRT|11,155}}, {{NRT|5,659}},{{cite book |url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/30/30b0389.pdf |title=Lloyd's Register, Steamers & Motorships|date=1930 |author=|publisher=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |accessdate=18 February 2021}} {{DWT|4,467}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.frenchlines.com/ship_en_134.php |title=Liner Espagne |publisher=French Lines |accessdate=10 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015607/https://www.frenchlines.com/ship_en_134.php|archive-date=24 September 2015}} The ship was powered by two 4-cylinder triple expansion steam engines. The engines had cylinders of 33{{frac|1|2}} inches (85 cm), 53{{frac|15|16}} inches (137 cm) and two of 66{{frac|13|16}} inches (170 cm) diameter by {{convert|59|in|cm}} stroke. The engine was built by Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence. Rated at 1,376 NHP, they could propel the ship at {{convert|18|kn|km/h}} with her twin screw propellers.
History
Espagne was the only transatlantic ocean liner built by Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence. Launched on 19 December 1909, she was completed in October 1910. Her port of registry was Le Havre and the Code Letters OGPR were allocated.
Espagne served on routes to Central America and the West Indies. In April 1911, she was chartered as a troopship along with {{SS|Aquitaine||2}} and {{SS|Moulouya||2}} to transport 2,700 troops from Marseille, France, Algiers, Bône and Philippeville, Algeria to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Troops for Casablanca |date=21 April 1911 |page=6 |issue=39565 |column=B }} In September 1911, she developed a leak on arrival at Santander, Spain and was taken to Le Havre for repairs. In mid-1912, she was used on the Le Havre – New York route. Following the Tampico Affair, Espagne transported 100 refugees from Puerto Mexico to Veracruz, Mexico.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Huerta's War Regime |date=13 May 1914 |page=7 |issue=40552 |column=D }}
Espagne returned to the Le Havre – New York route from mid-1914. She transferred to the Bordeaux – New York route in 1915. In February 1916, American passengers booked to travel on Espagne received anonymous letters telling them not to.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Imperial and Foreign News Items |date=23 February 1916 |page=7 |issue=41097 |column=D }} From 1916–20, she served as a troopship. Espagne returned to the Central American and Caribbean routes in 1920. In 1926, a decree was issued in Mexico that all priests had to be born there. A number of Spanish priests were arrested and deported. Fourteen of them travelled on Espagne from Veracruz to a Spanish port in February 1926.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Priests Deported from Mexico |date=16 February 1926 |page=13 |issue=44197 }} On 20 August 1926, she struck a rock off A Coruña, Spain and damaged one of her propellers.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=27 August 1926 |page=9 |issue=44361 |column=G }} Espagne served until June 1932, when she was laid up.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Movements of Liners |date=9 June 1932 |page=22 |issue=46155 |column=G }} She was scrapped at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique in May 1934, by the company M. Glotz.
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nipaQqTAl1A A short video dedicated to the Espagne with numerous photographs]
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Category:Passenger ships of France
Category:Merchant ships of France
Category:World War I merchant ships of France
Category:Troop ships of France