SS Champollion

 
Alternate Locations
City Marseille
Country France
 

Narrative

SS Champollion was a passenger steamship owned by Messageries Maritimes, a French Government owned company.
Built: 1924
weight (tons): 12546 Gross r tons
Length: 161,8 meters
Beam: 18,9 meters
Engine: 2 Triple expansion with exhaust turbine, 2 screws
Power: 10000 horsepower
Speed: 18 knots

Narrative

In April, 1946, SS Champollion arrived at Haifa חיפה carrying 76 illegal passengers, over and above the 833 legal passengers onboard.

Narrative

On December 22, 1952, SS Champillion ran aground.

References

  1. Ron Rakowski, Shmuel Samuel ben Yosef (Jozef)