SS Champollion
SS Champollion was a French ocean liner built during the 1920s for the Marseille, France-Alexandria, Egypt, route.
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| History | |
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| 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 |
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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