&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Alexandre_Brun_messsageries_maritimes.jpg) SS Karnak when she was named Annam between 1899 and 1904
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Namesake | Karnak, Egypt |
| Owner | Messageries Maritimes |
| Port of registry |  Marseille, France |
| Ordered | 1898 |
| Builder | Messageries Maritimes, La Ciotat |
| Yard number | 114 |
| Launched | 1898 |
| Completed | September 1899 |
| Acquired | 1899 |
| Maiden voyage | 1899 |
| In service | 1899 |
| Identification | Official number: 5601059 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk 27 November 1916 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger ship |
| Tonnage | 6,816 GRT |
| Length | 142 metres (465 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 15.5 metres (50 ft 10 in) |
| Depth | 11 metres (36 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power | 2 x 3 cyl. triple expansion engines |
| Propulsion | 2 screw propellers |
| Sail plan | Marseille - Malta - Saloniki |
| Speed | 18 knots |
| Capacity | 394 Passengers |
SS Karnak was a French Passenger ship turned Troop transport that the German submarine SM U-32 torpedoed on 27 November 1916 in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) south south east of Valletta, Malta. Karnak was carrying mostly troops from Marseille and Malta to Saloniki, Greece.[1]