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===Building=== The ''Société Provençale de Construction Navale'' built the ship in [[La Ciotat]] as ''General Duchesne''.<ref name="frenchlines">{{cite web |url= http://www.frenchlines.com/ship_en_1090.php |title=Cargo ship Commissaire Ramel |work=frenchlines.com |year=2012 |accessdate=12 November 2012}}</ref> Before she was launched she was renamed ''Commissaire Ramel'' in honour of Paul Ramel,<ref name="maritimes"/> the [[purser]] of the ship {{SS|Athos||2}}, who was lost when his ship was torpedoed on 11 February 1917,<ref name="frenchlines"/> and posthumously awarded the [[légion d'honneur]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netmarine.net/tradi/marins14-18/Q-Z.htm |title=Les héros maritimes français de la première guerre mondiale (Q-Z) |work=netmarine.net |year=2012 |accessdate=12 November 2012|language=fr}}</ref> The ship was {{cvt|152.5|m}} long, with a beam of {{cvt|18.06|m}}.<ref name="alamer"/> As built, her [[tonnage]]s were 16,620 [[Displacement (ship)|displacement]]<ref name="maritimes"/> and {{GRT|8814}}. She was powered by a three-cylinder [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|triple expansion engine]] with coal-fired boilers<ref name="alamer"/> that delivered 4,450 hp,{{clarification needed|Reason=Which type of horsepower?|date=February 2021}} driving a single propeller and giving her a speed of {{cvt|12|kn|km/h}}.<ref name="maritimes"/>
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