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- French
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ships)
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- This is Page 3 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
CGT Trans-Atlantic acquisitions up to 1910.
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- Commercial and official
postcards of the CGT fleet are shown below in chronological order.
Dates given in headings are those within the CGT fleet, not the
life of the ship.
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- Ships on this Page:-
- Aquitaine (1899-1906 - 8242gt)
- Chicago
(1) (1907-1929
- 11127gt) - later Guadaloupe
- France
(1) (1865-1910
- 3200gt)
- Guadaloupe (1929-1936 - 11127gt)
- ex-Chicago
(1)
- La Bretagne (1886-1912 - 7112gt)
- La Champagne (1886-1915 - 7087gt)
- La Lorraine (1899-1922 - 11,146gt)
- La Provence (1905-1916 - 13752gt)
- La Savoie (1900-1927 - 11168gt)
- La Touraine (1890-1923 - 8,893gt)
- Lafayette
(1)
(1863-1906 - 3375gt)
- Martinque
(2) (1903-1932
- 4,241gt)
- Perou
(1)
(1907-1934 - 6,599gt)
- Versailles (1889-1914 - 4247gt)
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- Associated Pages:-
- French
Line Header Page
- French
Line Page 1A
- African & Mediterranean Services before 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 - this page!
- French
Line Page 4
- Transat Vessels 1910-1914
- French
Line Page 5
- Transat Vessels 1914-1930
- French
Line Page 6
- Transat Vessels 1930-1939
- French
Line Page 7
- Transat Vessels 1945-1976
- Simplon Postcards Home Page
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- CGT
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- Lafayette (1)
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- 3375gt)
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be added!
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- France (1)
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- 3200gt)
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- In 1874, France
(1) was rebuilt to 4,600 (approx) tons. She was scrapped
in 1910.
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- Postcard
of France (1) at St Nazaire.
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- La Bretagne
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- 7112gt)
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- La Bretagne was built for CGT in 1886. In
1912 she was transferred to CSA, and in 1919 was renamed Alesia
In 1923, Alesia was sold for scrapping but went around
and lost.
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- Official
CGT postcard of La Bretagne.
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- Postcard
of La Bretagne at Le Havre.
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- Postcard
of La Bretagne at Le Havre.
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- Postcard
of La Bretagne at Le Havre.
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- La Champagne
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- 7087gt)
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- La Champagne was built for CGt in 1996. In
1915 she aground St.Nazaire and wrecked.
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- Official
CGT postcard of La Champagne.
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- Postcard
of La Champagne at St Nazaire.
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- Postcard
of La Champagne at Le Havre.
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- Postcard
of La Champagne at Veracruz, with the HAPAG steamer Fürst
Bismarck.
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- Versailles
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- 4247gt)
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- Versailles was built in 1881 as the Hammonia
of Hamburg
America Line. She
was sold to CGT in 1889, and scrapped in 1914.
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- Postcard
of Versailles
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- Marechal
Bugeaud
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- 2206gt)
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- Postcard
of Marechal Bugeaud
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- La Touraine
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- 8893gt)
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- Postcard
of La Touraine
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- Postcard
of La Touraine
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- Postcard
of La Touraine
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of La Touraine
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- Aquitaine
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- 8,242gt)
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- Aquitaine was built as the Normannia
for Hamburg
America Line in
1890. In 1898 she became the Patriota (Spanish Navy).
In 1899, she was arrested by French authorities for debt, renamed
Aquitaine, 1906 scrapped.
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- Postcard
of Aquitaine
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- La Lorraine
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- 11,146gt)
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- La Lorraine was scrapped in 1922.
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- CGT
official postcard of La Lorraine.
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- CGT
official postcard of La Lorraine.
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- Postcard
of La Lorraine at Le Havre.
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- La Savoie
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- 11,168gt)
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- La Savoie was scrapped in 1927.
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- CGT
official postcard of La Savoie.
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- Postcard
of La Savoie at Le Havre.
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of La Savoie at Le Havre.
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- Martinque (2)
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- 4241gt)
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- Martinque (2) was built in 1883 as the Norham
Castle of Castle Line. She was acquired by CGT in 1903, and
scrapped in 1932.
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- Postcard
of Martinque (2) at St Nazaire.
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- Postcard
of Martinque (2) at Le Havre.