Name: | LAMORICIÈRE |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/05/1920 |
Completed: | 01/1921 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1106 |
Dimensions: | 4713grt, 1979nrt, 370.0 x 50.0 x 29.8ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared plus T4cyl (31, 48, 53 & 53 x 45ins) |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Turbines & Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 3 x Screws, 18.5knots |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
01/1921 | Cie Générale Transatlantique, Marseille |
09/01/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | Accommodation for 132 x 1st, 116 x 2nd and 132 x 3rd Class passengers |
09/01/1942: Sank in a gale 3 miles E of Minorca. 292 x people died | |
On a voyage from Algiers to Marseilles carrying passengers & vegetables |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Marine-Marchande
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 25/01/1921