Espagne
History
France
NameEspagne
NamesakeSpain
OwnerCompagnie Générale Transatlantique
Port of registryFrance Le Havre, France
Ordered29 May 1908
BuilderChantiers & Ateliers de Provence
Yard number30
Launched19 December 1909
In serviceOctober 1910
Out of serviceJune 1932
Identification
  • Code Letters OGPR
FateScrapped May 1934
General characteristics
TypeOcean liner
Tonnage11,155 GRT, 5,659 NRT, 4,467 DWT
Length537 feet 8 inches (163.88 m)
Beam60 feet 8 inches (18.49 m)
Depth39 feet 0 inches (11.89 m)
Installed powerTwo 4-cylinder triple expansion steam engines, 1,376 NHP
PropulsionTwin screw propellers
Speed18 knots (33 km/h)

Espagne was an 11,155 GRT 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.[1][2] She was 537 feet 8 inches (163.88 m) long, with a beam of 60 feet 8 inches (18.49 m) and a depth of 39 feet 0 inches (11.89 m). She was assessed at 11,155 GRT, 5,659 NRT,[3] 4,467 DWT.[4] The ship was powered by two 4-cylinder triple expansion steam engines. The engines had cylinders of 331⁄2 inches (85 cm), 5315⁄16 inches (137 cm) and two of 6613⁄16 inches (170 cm) diameter by 59 inches (150 cm) stroke. The engine was built by Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence.[4][3] Rated at 1,376 NHP, they could propel the ship at 18 knots (33 km/h) with her twin screw propellers.[4]

History

Espagne was the only transatlantic ocean liner built by Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence.[4] Launched on 19 December 1909, she was completed in October 1910.[2] Her port of registry was Le Havre and the Code Letters OGPR were allocated.[3]

Espagne served on routes to Central America and the West Indies.[4] In April 1911, she was chartered as a troopship along with Aquitaine and Moulouya to transport 2,700 troops from Marseille, France, Algiers, Bône and Philippeville, Algeria to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[5] 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.[4] Following the Tampico Affair, Espagne transported 100 refugees from Puerto Mexico to Veracruz, Mexico.[6]

Espagne returned to the Le Havre – New York route from mid-1914. She transferred to the Bordeaux – New York route in 1915.[4] In February 1916, American passengers booked to travel on Espagne received anonymous letters telling them not to.[7] From 1916–20, she served as a troopship. Espagne returned to the Central American and Caribbean routes in 1920.[4] 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.[8] On 20 August 1926, she struck a rock off A Coruña, Spain and damaged one of her propellers.[9] Espagne served until June 1932, when she was laid up.[10][2] She was scrapped at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique in May 1934, by the company M. Glotz.[4][1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Espagne (5607826)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Haws, Duncan (1996). French Line (Compagnie Générale Transatlantique). [East Grinstead?]: TCL Publications. p. 65. ISBN 0-946378-30-4.
  3. ^ a b c Lloyd's Register, Steamers & Motorships (PDF). Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1930. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Liner Espagne". French Lines. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Troops for Casablanca". The Times. No. 39565. London. 21 April 1911. col B, p. 6.
  6. ^ "Huerta's War Regime". The Times. No. 40552. London. 13 May 1914. col D, p. 7.
  7. ^ "Imperial and Foreign News Items". The Times. No. 41097. London. 23 February 1916. col D, p. 7.
  8. ^ "Priests Deported from Mexico". The Times. No. 44197. London. 16 February 1926. p. 13.
  9. ^ "Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 44361. London. 27 August 1926. col G, p. 9.
  10. ^ "Movements of Liners". The Times. No. 46155. London. 9 June 1932. col G, p. 22.

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