Compagnie Generale Transatlantique French Line Normandie Le Havre SouthHampton New York Poster
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Compagnie Generale Transatlantique French Line Normandie Le Havre SouthHampton New York Poster
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Compagnie Générale Transatlantique French Line Normandie Le Havre SouthHampton New York, The Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT, and commonly named "Transat"), typically known overseas as the French Line, was a French shipping company. Established in 1855 by the brothers Émile and Issac Péreire under the name Compagnie Générale Maritime, the company was entrusted by the French government to transport mails to North America. The SS Normandie was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France, for the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). She entered service in 1935 as the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat, crossing the Atlantic in a record 4.14 days, and remains the most powerful steam turbo-electric-propelled passenger ship ever built.
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