French Line - CGT - Page 6

 

(1930-1945 ships)

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

This page is still under construction!

 

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)

 

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

 

 

 

 

Table of Ship Histories

(to be added)

 

 

 

 

 

CGT Fleet List

Part 6 - 1930-1945

 

 

 

Washington

(1930-1938 - 8,062gt)

 

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.

 

 

CGT official postcard of Washington.

 

 

 

 

 

Lafayette (3)

(1930-1938 - 25,178gt)

 

Lafayette (3) was burnt out at le Havre in 1938.

 

A complete history of this ship is available on this link.

 

 

CGT official postcard of Lafayette (3).

 

Postcard of Lafayette (3).

 

Postcard of Lafayette (3) at Le Havre.

 

Postcard of Lafayette (3) at Le Havre.

 

Postcard of Lafayette (3) cruising in the Norwegian fjords.

 

 

 

 

 

Colombie (2)

(1931-1964 - 13,391gt)

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Champlain

(1932-1940 - 28,124gt)

 

Champlain was mined and sunk near La Pallice in 1940.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normandie (2)

(1935-1941 - 83,423gt)

 

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.

 

A complete history of this ship is available on this link.

 

 

CGT official postcard of the Normandie.

 

CGT official postcard of the Normandie at Le Havre, advertising the connecting boat trains.

 

Postcard of the Normandie at Le Havre.

 

Art postcard of the Normandie.

 

US-published postcard of the Normandie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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