SS Vauban

SS *Vauban*
History
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
Completed	April 1912
In service	1912
Out of service	1930
Identification	UK official number 131432; Code letters HVPS; ;
Fate	Scrapped 1932
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	10,660 GRT; tonnage under deck 6,673; 6,699 NRT; 17,200 DWT;
Length	495 ft 6 in (151.03 m) registered; 511 feet (156 m) overall;
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)
Capacity	Passengers: 280 First Class, 130 Second Class, 200 Third Class.; 5 cargo holds.;
Sensors and ; processing systems	submarine signalling; wireless direction finding;
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.

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