SS Vauban was a 1912 steam ocean liner operated by Lamport and Holt Line and used on its service between New York and the River Plate. She was named after the French military engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633–1707). She was a troop ship in the First World War, resumed passenger service until 1930 and was scrapped in 1932.
Building
Vauban was the second of three sister ships that Workman, Clark and Company of Belfast built for Lamport and Holt in 1911–13. SS Vandyck (1911) was launched in 1911, Vauban in January 1912 and SS Vestris in May 1912. The trio were similar in size to SS Vasari (1909) that Sir Raylton Dixon & Co built for Lamport and Holt in 1909. Vauban and Vestris had passenger accommodation slightly larger than that of their older sister Vandyck. Since 1906 Lamport and Holt policy was to name its passenger liners after artists and engineers beginning with "V". Together they became known as "V-class ships".
Workman, Clark launched Vauban on 20 January 1912 and completed her that April. Her tonnages were, [2]