SS Vauban
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Vauban |
| Namesake | Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban |
| Owner | Liverpool, Brazil and River Plate Steam Navigation Co |
| Operator | Lamport and Holt |
| Port of registry | Liverpool |
| Builder | Workman, Clark & Co, Belfast |
| Launched | 20 January 1912[1] |
| Completed | April 1912 |
| In service | 1912 |
| Out of service | 1930 |
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| Fate | Scrapped 1932 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
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| Beam | 60.8 ft (18.5 m) |
| Depth | 28.7 ft (8.7 m) |
| Decks | 4 |
| Installed power | 622 NHP, producing 8,000 IHP |
| Propulsion | 2 × 4-cylinder quadruple-expansion engines, twin screw |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
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| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Notes | sister ships: Vandyck, Vestris |
SS Vauban was a 1912 steam ocean liner operated by Lamport and Holt Line and used on its service between New York and the River Plate. She was named after the French military engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633–1707). She was a troop ship in the First World War, resumed passenger service until 1930 and was scrapped in 1932.
Vauban was the second of three sister ships that Workman, Clark and Company of Belfast built for Lamport and Holt in 1911–13. Vandyck was launched in 1911, Vauban in January 1912 and Vestris in May 1912. The trio were similar in size to Vasari that Sir Raylton Dixon & Co built for Lamport and Holt in 1909. Vauban and Vestris had passenger accommodation slightly larger than that of their older sister Vandyck.[2] Since 1906 Lamport and Holt policy was to name its passenger liners after artists and engineers beginning with "V". Together they became known as "V-class ships".[3]
Workman, Clark launched Vauban on 20 January 1912 and completed her that April. Her tonnages were 10,660 GRT, 6,699 NRT[4] and 17,200 DWT. She was 511 ft (156 m) long overall,[3] her registered length was 495 ft 6 in (151.03 m) and her beam was 60.8 ft (18.5 m).[4]
She had five double-ended boilers to supply steam to a pair of Workman, Clark four-cylinder quadruple-expansion engines. Each engine had a 48-inch (120 cm) stroke and cylinders of 23-inch (58 cm), 32+1⁄2-inch (83 cm), 46+1⁄2-inch (118 cm) and 67-inch (170 cm) bore.[5] The twin engines drove twin screws, giving her a service speed of 13.5 knots (25 km/h)[6] and top speed of 15 knots (28 km/h).[3]
She had capacity for 280 first class, 130 second class and 200 third class passengers,[2] and five cargo holds.[3]