SS Gallia
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SS Gallia was a transatlantic ocean liner of the Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique built in 1913. Gallia was the Roman name for the province of Gaul.
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Gallia in 1913 | |
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Name | Gallia |
Namesake | Gallia |
Owner | Cie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique |
Operator | Cie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique |
Port of registry | Bordeaux |
Route | Bordeaux – Buenos Aires |
Builder | Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée |
Yard number | 1056 |
Completed | 1913 |
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Fate | Sunk 4 October 1916 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | 14,966 GRT, 5,895 NRT |
Length | 574.2 ft (175.0 m) |
Beam | 62.8 ft (19.1 m) |
Depth | 36.9 ft (11.2 m) |
Installed power | 26,000 hp |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
Capacity | 1,000 passengers |
Troops | 6,000 |
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Notes | sister ships: Lutetia, Massilia |
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In the First World War Gallia was converted into first an armed merchant cruiser and then a troop ship. In 1916 she was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-Boat SM U-35 in the Mediterranean Sea with great loss of life.