ANON. S.S. Normandie, French Line.
Original luggage label, c.1936. 160 x 130 mm.
The S.S. Normandie was a French ocean liner built for the French line "Compagnie Generale Transatlantique."
She entered service in 1935 as the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat crossing the Atlantic in 4.14 days. The Queen Mary was her main rival but Normandie held the "Blue Riband" several times.
In the Second World War the Normandie was seized by the US authorities in 1942 at New York. The ship was renamed USS Lafayette and converted to a troopship. Whilst at New York the ship caught fire and capsized. It remained sometime at the Hudson river. Although salvaged, restoration was deemed too costly and she was scrapped in 1946.
Rare.
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