La Lorraine

Organization

-

Anytown Museum

Organization Name

La Lorraine

Organization Description

Passenger Ship

General Location

France

Note

Built by Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, St. Nazaire, France. 1899. 11,146 gross tons; 580 (bp) feet long, 60 feet wide. Steam Triple Expansion engines, twin screw Service speed, 21 knots. 1114 Passengers: 446 First class, 116 second class, 552 third class. Built for French Line, French flag and names La Lorraine. Le Havre-New York service. Served as an armed merchant cruiser during WWI and renamed LORRAINE II. Resumed NY service in 1919. Scrapped in 1923.