SS Gallia
Gallia in 1913 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| 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 |
| Identification |
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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 |
| Armament |
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| Notes | sister ships: Lutetia, Massilia |
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.
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.