SS Mexique
SS Mexique was a French transatlantic ocean liner of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). She was launched in 1914 as Île de Cuba but when she was completed in 1915 she was renamed Lafayette. Lafayette was a hospital ship in the latter part of the First World War and a troop ship in 1919. In 1928 CGT had Lafayette refitted and renamed her Mexique. In 1939 Mexique was converted into an auxiliary cruiser. In 1940 a mine sank her at the mouth of the Gironde.
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SS Mexique
SS Mexique was a French transatlantic ocean liner of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). She was launched in 1914 as Île de Cuba but when she was completed in 1915 she was renamed Lafayette. Lafayette was a hospital ship in the latter part of the First World War and a troop ship in 1919. In 1928 CGT had Lafayette refitted and renamed her Mexique. In 1939 Mexique was converted into an auxiliary cruiser. In 1940 a mine sank her at the mouth of the Gironde.
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SS Mexique was a French transa ...... d by fire in Le Havre in 1938.
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1915-06-03
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1914-05-27
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Ship builder
Chantiers et Ateliers de Provence
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Ship capacity
*as hospital ship: 1,400 beds
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Ship completed
1915-06-03
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Ship identification
*code letters OKYN
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*call sign FNSS
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*pennant number X22
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Ship in service
November 1915
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Ship launched
1914-05-27
Ship name
*1914: Île de Cuba
*1915: Lafayette
*1928: Mexique
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Ship namesake
*1914: Cuba
*1915: Marquis de Lafayette
*1928: Mexico
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Ship operator
*1915: Cie Gén Transatlantique ...... satlantique
*1939: French Navy
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Ship propulsion
*4 × screws:
*2 × compound steam engines
*2 × steam turbines
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Ship refit
191,719,191,928
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Ship route
*1915: Bordeaux – New York
*1920: Le Havre – New York
*1928: France – Central America
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*direction finding
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SS Mexique was a French transa ...... r at the mouth of the Gironde.
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*1914: Île de Cuba
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*1915: Lafayette
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*1928: Mexique
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