Chantilly (1923)

Later names:
HMHS Chantilly (1941)
Chantilly (1945)


Builder:
Ateliers & Chantiers de la Loire
St Nazaire, France
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1923
Launched:
March 14, 1922
Type:
Passenger
Completed:
January 1923
Fate:
Scrapped in Toulon, France in 1952.


Owner
Compagnie des Française de Navigation À Vapeur Chargeurs
Réunis, France
(Sold before completed)

1923:
Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes
Marseilles, France

1941:
Ministry of War Transport
United Kingdom

1945:
Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes
Marseilles, France


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
478' 3" (a)
Engines:
Steam turbine
Beam:
59' 2"
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
27' 11"
Shafts:
2
Gross Tons:
10,017
HP:
N/A
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
13 knots
Crew:
N/A
Funnels:
1
Passengers:
3,588
Masts:
2
Construction notes
(a):
1934 lengthened to 500' 8", re-registered at 9,986 GRT.


History
May 1940:
Converted for use as a troopship.
Jan. 2, 1941:
Captured while in convoy by HMS Jaguar F-34 and HMS Duncan D-99 off Oran, Algeria.
Mar. 1941:
Converted for use as a hospital ship, pennant #63.
Nov. 19, 1945:
Released from duty as hospital ship.
1945:
Returned to France and converted back to passenger service.
1952.
Scrapped in Toulon, France.


Builder's Data
Page published Aug. 23, 2011