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.
SS Vauban
Lamport and Holt was a UK merchant shipping line. It was founded as a partnership in 1845, reconstituted as a limited company in 1911 and ceased trading in 1991.
George Holt, senior, in 1851
Sudley House in Liverpool, the former home of George Holt, junior
Alfred Holt before 1903
Alfred Holt Ltd's Agamemnon, the first steamship to use the benefits of a compound engine by running at a higher boiler pressure