Espagne was an 11,155 GRT ocean liner which was built in 1909–10 for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.

[4] Espagne was the only transatlantic ocean liner built by Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence.

[2] Her port of registry was Le Havre and the Code Letters OGPR were allocated.

[4] In April 1911, she was chartered as a troopship along with Aquitaine and Moulouya to transport 2,700 troops from Marseille, France, Algiers, Bône and Philippeville, Algeria to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.

[5] In September 1911, she developed a leak on arrival at Santander, Spain and was taken to Le Havre for repairs.

[4] In February 1916, American passengers booked to travel on Espagne received anonymous letters telling them not to.