Marine Nationale — Cruiser
1914
SS Lafayette (1914)
Service
- as 1914: Île de CubaNovember 1915 — 19 June 1940292 days of the war
SS Lafayette (1914)
Particulars
- Name
- SS Lafayette
- Pennant / hull number
- 1914
- Namesake
- 1914: Cuba
- Builder
- Chantiers et Ateliers de Provence
- Launched
- 27 May 1914
- Fate
- Sunk by naval mine, 19 June 1940
By mine (1940) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Length
- 166.88 m (547.5 ft)
- Beam
- 19.57 m (64.2 ft)
- Speed
- 17 knots (31.5 km/h, 19.6 mph)
SS Lafayette was a cruiser built for the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number 1914. She was named for 1914: Cuba. She was built by Chantiers et Ateliers de Provence. She was launched on 27 May 1914.
She measured 166.9 m (548 ft) long with a beam of 19.6 m (64 ft). Her designed speed was 17 knots.
She was in commission for 292 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 19 June 1940 by mine. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 × screws:
- 2 × compound steam engines
- 2 × steam turbines
Sources
- Facts harvested from SS Lafayette (1914) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: olivier 12 — https://forum.pages14-18.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=44256&p=345667&hilit=paquebot+lafayette#p345667 Re: La Fayette - Compagnie Générale Transatlantique — CC BY-SA 4.0 — Wikimedia Commons