SS Rochambeau
 Leaving St.Nazaire in the dock
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| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Rochambeau |
| Namesake | Count of Rochambeau |
| Owner | CGT |
| Ordered | 1908 |
| Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët |
| Launched | 2 March 1911[1] |
| In service | 1911 |
| Out of service | 1934 |
| Refit | 1926 |
| Homeport | Le Havre |
| Fate | Scrapped 1934 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 12,678 GRT |
| Length | 598 ft (182 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft 4 in (19.30 m) |
| Capacity | 2,028 |
SS Rochambeau was a French Transatlantic ocean liner.
Career
She was named after the Count of Rochambeau, a French nobleman and soldier who participated in the American Revolutionary War. The second of a "classe unique" ("unique class") of liners commissioned by the Compagnie générale transatlantique. Entering service in 1911, she was a larger version of SS Chicago which had entered service in 1908.
Between 1915 and 1918, she was part of a regular service between Bordeaux and New York City, the company's flagship SS France having been requested as a hospital ship during World War I. Refitted in 1926, she was scrapped in Dunkirk in 1934.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rochambeau (ship, 1911).
References
- Translated from the equivalent French article
- ^ "The French Liner "Rochambeau"". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. Vol. 33. April 1911. p. 315. Retrieved 7 June 2020.