SS Champollion
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Champollion |
| Namesake | Jean-François Champollion |
| Owner | Messageries Maritimes |
| Route | Marseille-Alexandria |
| Builder | Sociéte Provençale de Constructions Navale, La Ciotat, France |
| Yard number | 149 |
| Launched | 16 March 1924 |
| In service | September 1925 |
| Identification | Radio Call Sign: FOAO |
| Fate | Wrecked, 22 December 1952 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 12,263 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 158.5 m (520 ft) |
| Beam | 12.3 m (40.5 ft) |
| Draft | 2 m (6.7 ft) |
| Installed power | 10,000 ihp (7,500 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Capacity | 949 passengers |
| Crew | 310 |
SS Champollion was a French ocean liner built during the 1920s for the Marseille, France-Alexandria, Egypt, route.
References
- Anderson, Richard M.; Silverstone, Paul (1993). "Question 29/92: French liner Champollion". Warship International. XXX (3): 311. ISSN 0043-0374.
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