Paris, 1921

Item

Identifier: imm-0247

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Immigration and Steamships database contains descriptive information about 320 passenger and immigrant vessels built from 1833 to 1929. Records may identify the vessel, year built, shipping line, builder and place of construction, tonnage and dimensions, machinery and speed, masts and funnels, passenger capacities, routes, and vessel history. Most records are associated with one or more images from Mystic Seaport Museum collections.

Dates

Creation: 1921

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: French Line

Builder and location: Chantiers & Ateliers de Penhoet, St. Nazaire, France

Tonnage and dimensions: 34,569 tons; 735' x 83'

Machinery and speed: Quadruple-screw, 22 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 3 funnels

Passengers: 1st class: 565; 2nd class: 480; 3rd class: 1,100

Routes: Havre-NY

History: Keel laid 1913, launched 1916, but work suspended owing to war. Maiden voyage June 1921. Accommodations changed to first, tourist and third classes in 1932. Caught fire at Havre April 19, 1939, and capsized and sank at her pier. Wreck disposed of after WW

Legacy record identifier: Paris1921