Built by Chantiers et Ateliers de Provence, Port de Bouc, France, 1915. 11953 gross tons; 546 (bp) feet long; 64 feet wide. Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin screw.  Service speed 18 knots.  576 passengers ( 376 first class, 110 second class, 90 third class ).

Built for French Line, French flag, in 1915 and named Lafayette. Bordeaux-New York and later Le Harve-Caribbean service. Renamed Mexique in 1928. Sunk after striking a magnetic mine in the Gironde River in 1940.