SS Bretagne (1951)

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History
France
Name	SS Bretagne
Operator	Société Générale de Transport Maritimes (1952–1960) Chandris Lines (1960–1963)
Builder	Penhoet Company, Saint-Nazaire
Launched	20 July 1951
Maiden voyage	14 February 1952
Renamed	SS Brittany, 1962
Fate	Destroyed by fire at Skaramagas, 8 April 1963. Scrapped in Italy.
General characteristics
Tonnage	16,335 GRT
Length	177 m (580 ft 9 in)
Beam	22 m (72 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	Single-reduction gear steam turbine, twin screws
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) service speed 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)+ top speed
Capacity	1290 passengers: 149 First class 167 Tourist class 606 Third class 368 Fourth class

SS Bretagne was an ocean liner launched on 20 July 1951 out of Saint-Nazaire; the second of two ships built for the Société Générale de Transport Maritimes (SGTM) which operated passenger lines out of Marseilles. Her sister ship Provence was launched a year earlier at Newcastle. Bretagne was constructed with three boilers and Provence with only two, making Provence less capable of increasing speed to counteract possible delays.