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The SS France was a French transatlantic liner that sailed for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT), known as "French Line". She was later nicknamed " Versailles of the Atlantic", a reference to her décor which reflected the famous palace outside Paris.
SS France was a Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT, or French Line) ocean liner, [4] constructed by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard at Saint-Nazaire, France, and put into service in February 1962.
Name Built CGT service Type Length Beam GRT Fate Notes Image Abd el-Kader (): 1880: 1880-1922: Ocean liner: 312 ft. 33.6 ft. 1,579 GRT: Scrapped 1922: Administrateur en Chef Thomas
SS Paris was a French ocean liner built for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire, France. Although Paris was laid down in 1913, her launching was delayed until 1916, and she was not completed until 1921, due to World War I .
Olympic (left) and Titanic (right). A four-funnel liner, also known as a four-stacker, is an ocean liner with four funnels.. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, launched in 1897, was the first ocean liner to have four funnels and was one of the first of the golden era of ocean liners that became prominent in the 20th century.
Passenger ships of France include all ships designed, built, ... (1910) SS France (1960) SS Frankenwald; SS Fürst Bismarck (1905) G. SS Gallia; SS Général Bonaparte;
Another feature that differentiated the two liners was that Carmania had two tall forward deck ventilator cowls, which were absent on Caronia. As built, Carmania had berths for 2,650 passengers: 300 first class, 350 second class, 1,000 third class and 1,000 steerage class. [5] Her holds included 46,280 cubic feet (1,311 m 3) refrigerated cargo ...
SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie was an ocean liner built in Stettin, Germany in 1906 for North German Lloyd that had the largest steam reciprocating machinery ever fitted in a ship at the time of construction. [2] [4] The last of four ships of the Kaiser class, she was also the last German ship to have been built with four funnels.