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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
FRANCE
CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS
auxiliary cruisers of WWI
Ships
Name |
Launched // Comm. |
Builder |
Tonnage, BRT |
Dimensions, m (length pp) |
Speed, kts |
Engine, Power hp |
Armament |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazone II (ex-Laos) | 11.1896 // | Messageries Maritimes, La Ciotat | 6357 | 135.0x15.5 | 18 | 2turbines | unlisted 1919 | |
| Burdigala (ex-Kaiser Friedrich) | 5.10.1897 // | Schichau, Danzig, Germany | 12480 | 177.3x19.4 | 19 | 2VQE | sunk 14.11.1916 | |
| Caledonien | 6.1882 // | Messageries Maritimes, La Ciotat | 4233 | 126.2x12.6 | 15 | 1VC | sunk 30.6.1917 | |
| Carthage | 25.4.1910 // | Swan Hunter, Low Walker, UK | 5601 | 122.8x15.6 | 19 | 2turbines | sunk 4.7.1915 | |
| Europe | 4.1906 // | A C de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire | 4756 | 112.5x14.0 | 14 | 2turbines | troop transport 1915 | |
| Flandre | 31.10.1913 // | A C de Saint-Nazaire (Penhoët), Saint-Nazaire | 8503 | 141.5x17.4 | 17 | 4VTEet | troop transport 1917 | |
| Gallia | 1913 // | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | 14966 | 175.0x19.1 | 20 | 3VTEet | troop transport 1916 | |
| Golo II (ex-Golo) | 11.12.1905 // | Swan Hunter, Low Walker, UK | 1380 | 80.2x10.5 | 17 | 1VTE | 2-65, 2-47 | sunk 22.8.1917 |
| Lorraine II (ex-La Lorraine), 1917- La Lorraine | 20.9.1899 // | C Generale Transatlantique, Saint-Nazaire | 11146 | 171.6x18.3 | 20 | 2VTE | unlisted 1919 | |
| Lutetia | 23.3.1913 // | A C de Saint-Nazaire (Penhoët), Saint-Nazaire | 14581 | 176.5x19.5 | 20 | 4VTE/turbines | unlisted 1918 | |
| Newhaven | 1910 // | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre | 1656 | 89.0x10.5 | 23.5 | 3turbines | unlisted 1919 | |
| Niagara (ex-Corse) | 1908 // | A C de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire | 8481 | 147.9x17.1 | 15 | 2VTE | troop transport 1918 | |
| Provence II (ex-La Provence) | 21.3.1905 // | A C de Saint-Nazaire (Penhoët), Saint-Nazaire | 13753 | 183.6x19.8 | 22 | 2VTE | 5-139/45, 4-47 | troop transport 1915 |
| La Savoie | 31.3.1900 // | A C de Saint-Nazaire (Penhoët), Saint-Nazaire | 11168 | 171.6x18.3 | 20 | 2VTE | troop transport 1915 | |
| Sant'anna | 1910 // | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | 9350 | 143.3x17.2 | 16 | 2VTE | troop transport 1915 | |
| Timgad | 1911 // | A C de Provence, Port-de-Bouc | 5232 | 122.6x15.7 | 18.5 | 2VTE | hospital ship 1915 | |
| La Touraine | 23.3.1890 // | C Generale Transatlantique, Saint-Nazaire | 8893 | 158.5x17.1 | 19 | 2VTE | troop transport 1915 |
Project history
Passenger and cargo ships converted to armed merchant cruisers.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
Burdigala 14.11.1916 was mined off Kea Island (Kos Strait, Aegean). Caledonien was mined 30.6.1917 off Port Said on mine laid by German submarine UC34. Carthage was torpedoed 4.7.1915 off Gallipoli (W of Cape Helles) by German submarine U21. Golo II was torpedoed 22.8.1917 by German submarine UC22 off Corfu.
