The LA Savoie
Built
by Chantiers de Penhoet, St. Nazaire, France, 1901. 11,168 gross tons; 580 (bp) feet long; 60 feet wide. Steam triple
expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed unknown
knots. 1,055 passengers (437 first class, 118 second class, 500 third class).
Built for French
Line, French flag, in 1901 and named La Savoie.
Le Havre-New
York service. Refitted
as a French Navy auxiliary cruiser in 1914. Resumed Le
Harve-New
York service 1919-27. Scrapped
at Dunkirk in
1927.
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