SS Paris
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A number of steamships have carried the name Paris, after the French capital city.
SS Paris (1852), Built for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, wrecked in 1863
SS Paris (1865), built by Barclay, Curle & Co
SS Paris (1875), Built for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. Sold in 1888.
SS Paris (1878), built for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, lost in 1913.
SS Paris (Fairfield, 1888), Built for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.
SS Paris (Thompson, 1888), built for the American Line.
SS Paris (1899), a Belgian ship renamed Charles Jose in 1933 and lost in 1934.
SS Paris (1910), a Norwegian cargo ship sunk in 1917.
SS Paris (1913), a passenger ship built for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, bombed and sunk in 1940
SS Paris (1916), a Compagnie Générale Transatlantique liner lost by fire in 1939, capsized in Le Havre harbour and remained there for the duration of World War II.
SS Paris (1922), a Norwegian passenger ship seized by the Kriegsmarine in 1940 and torpedoed and sunk in 1945.
SS Paris (1927), a British collier that collided with another ship and sank in 1941.
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