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La Provence
Built by Chantiers de Penhoet, St. Nazaire, France, 1906. 13,753 gross tons; 627 (bp) feet
long; 65 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed
21 knots. 1,362 passengers (422 first class,132 second class, 808 third class).
Built for French Line, French flag, in 1906 and named La Provence. Le
Havre-New York service. Refitted as the French Navy Auxiliary cruiser Provence II
in 1914. Torpedoed in the Mediterranean by a German U-boat; 930 lost on
February 26, 1916.
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