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- French
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ships)
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- This is Page 6 in a series
of postcard galleries that cover the CGT fleet (Compagnie Generale
Transatlantique - know as la Transat in France), and marketed
as the French Line in the UK and USA. This page is devoted to
ships on CGT Trans-Atlantic services, acquired between 1930 and
1945.
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- There is an alphabetical list of ships on this page, followed
by a table of
complete ship histories.
Commercial and official postcards of the CGT fleet are then shown in chronological order. Dates given
in headings are those within the CGT fleet, not the life of the
ship.
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- This
page is still under construction!
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- Ships on this Page:-
- Champlain - (1932-1940 - 28,124gt)
- Colombie - (1931-1964 - 13,391gt)
- Lafayette
(3) -
(1930-1938 - 25,178gt)
- Normandie
(2) -
(1935-1941 - 83,423gt)
- Washington - (1930-1938 - 8,062gt)
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- Associated Pages:-
- French
Line Header Page
- French
Line Page 1A
- African & Mediterranean Services up to 1945
- French
Line Page 1B
- African & Mediterranean Services 1945-1960
- French
Line Page 2
- Mediterranean Car Ferries from 1960
- French
Line Page 3
- Transat Vessels pre-1910
- French
Line Page 4
- Transat Vessels 1910-1914
- French
Line Page 5
- Transat Vessels 1914-1930
- French
Line Page 6
- Transat Vessels 1930-1945 - this page!
- French
Line Page 7
- Transat Vessels 1945-1976
- French
Liner Postcards
- Simplon Postcards Home Page
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- Table of Ship Histories
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be added)
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- CGT Fleet List
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6 - 1930-1945
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- Washington
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- 8,062gt)
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- Washington entered service for CGT in 1930,
on their North Pacific service. She could carry 58 1st and 102
2nd class passengers. In 1938 she was swapped with the Indochinois
of Messageries Maritimes, becoming their Sagittaire. She
was sold in 1954, and scrapped in 1959.
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official postcard of Washington.
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- Lafayette (3)
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- 25,178gt)
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- Lafayette (3) was burnt out at le Havre in 1938.
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- A complete
history of this ship is available on this link.
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- CGT
official postcard of Lafayette (3).
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- Postcard
of Lafayette (3).
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of Lafayette (3) at Le Havre.
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of Lafayette (3) at Le Havre.
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of Lafayette (3) cruising in the Norwegian fjords.
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- Colombie (2)
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- 13,391gt)
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- Colombie was built for CGT in 1931, for
service on their Havre-West Indies route. She was also used for
cruising. She was built in Dunkerque, and originally had two
funnels. Colombie was 488ft long, of 13391grt and carried
201 1st, 146 2nd and 144 3rd class passengers. She served as
an armed merchant cruiser for the French, then later as troopship
and hospital ship for the USA in WW2. After a substantial rebuilding,
and the replacement of her two funnels with a single more modern
design, Colombie returned to service on her original Havre-West
Indies route in 1950. She was sold to Typaldos Lines in 1964
as their Atlantica, but this second life was cut short
when Typaldos became bankrupt in 1968. She did not sale again
after 1970, but was not finally scrapped until 1974.
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- Postcard
of Colombie (2)
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- Postcard
of Colombie (2)
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of Colombie (2)
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- Champlain
- (1932-1940
- 28,124gt)
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- Champlain was mined and sunk near La Pallice
in 1940.
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- Postcard
of Champlain
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of Champlain
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- Normandie (2)
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- 83,423gt)
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- Normandie (2) was built in 1935. In 1941 she
was taken over by US Navy and renamed USS Lafayette, but
was burnt out and capsized in New York in 1942. Although refloated
in 1943, she was laid up, and scrapped in 1946.
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- A complete
history of this ship is available on this link.
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- CGT
official postcard of the Normandie.
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- CGT
official postcard of the Normandie at Le Havre, advertising
the connecting boat trains.
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- Postcard
of the Normandie at Le Havre.
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- Art
postcard of the Normandie.
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- US-published
postcard of the Normandie.
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- CGT
up to 1910
- CGT
1910-1914
- CGT
1914-1930
- CGT
1945-1970
- CGT
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