La Provence

Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
(French Line)

Length:	602.3 ft.
Breadth:	65.0 ft.
Draft (or height):	38.3 ft.
Tonnage:	13,753 tons (gross), 3,834 tons (net)
Speed:	22.5 knots
Builder:	Chantiers et Ateliers de la St. Nazaire (Yard No. 44)
Launched:	21 March 1905
Maiden Voyage:	21 April 1906
Disposition:	26 February 1916 (Topedoed by German U-15)
Particulars:	Port of Registry: Havre Flag of Registry: French Funnel color: Red; black top. Company flag: White; red ball in corner; red CIE GLE TRANSATLANTIQUE. Signal Letters: K R S H Wireless call letters: M L P

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries:

Eastbound, New York to Havre. At 12:15 a.m., La Provence was among the first vessels to pick up Titanic's distress call. Her own wireless operator misread and logged the signal as 41.46N., 50.24W."

The corrected signal (41.44N., 50.14W.) was transmitted at 12:25 a.m., and La Provence assisted in its relay to other vessels.

The news of the disaster spread quickly among the liner's passengers, causing a great deal of concern despite the lateness of the hour.

Data:

21 March 1905 - Launched.

21 April 1906 - Maiden voyage, Havre - New York and return.

17 June 1914 - Last commercial voyage, New York - Harve.

December 1914 - Became French armed merchant cruiser; renamed Provence II.

26 February 1916 - Aegean Sea near Cape Matapan: Topedoed and sunk by German submarine U-15 while en route from Toulon to Salonika with an estimated 1,700 French troops aboard. There were 870 survivors and approximately 830 lost.

Sources:
Courtesy: John P. Eaton