Category:Meknès (ship, 1914)
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- Built in 1913 and 1914 at Ateliers & Chantiers de St. Nazaire - Chantiers de l' Atlantique, Penhoët (Grand Quevilly)
- Built for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
- Launched 1913.05.20, completed 1914.03
- GRT: 6127
- 126.2m x 16.8m
- Named Puerto Rico
- Call sign: OREZ
- Port: Le Havre
- 1929 Renamed Meknès
- Call sign: FNTV (from 1934)
- Port: Le Havre[1]
- 1940.07.24 Torpedoed and sunk by German boat S-27 in the English Channel, 50° 15'N 2° 10' W
- Was repatriating Vichy France sailors from the UK
- www.frenchlines.com
Also source: Miramar Ship Index
Media in category "Meknès (ship, 1914)"
The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total.
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Compagnie Generale Transatlantique - Le "Puerto-Rico".jpg 3,249 × 2,070; 4.61 MB
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Meknes ex Puerto Rico.jpg 683 × 440; 58 KB
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Monument Naufrage Meknès R01.jpg 4,808 × 3,397; 11.7 MB
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MonumentNaufrageMeknès.JPG 1,937 × 2,999; 1.71 MB
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MonumentVictimesNaufrageMeknès.JPG 3,072 × 2,304; 2.3 MB
Categories:
- Ships built in 1914
- Ships built at Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard
- Passenger ships of France
- Ships of Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
- Ships with 2 funnels
- Steamships of France
- Troop ships of France
- Ships registered in Le Havre
- Ships sunk in 1940
- Ships sunk by torpedo
- Shipwrecks in the English Channel
- Ships named Meknes