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THE OCEAN LINERS
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| The
S/S Ile de France was a
liner of innovation from the outset. The first large liner built after
the
conclusion of the First World War, she was not so much an engineering
marvel as
a decorative break from the traditions of passenger ship design. The
Ile de
France would herald the inception of the modernistic Art Deco designs
into
passenger shipbuilding and would be the forerunner for the artistic
influence
which would give birth to the S/S Normandie of later years. The Ile de
France would
soon become the first ship of the CGT French Line's era of innovation,
establishing
new precedents in French maritime architecture.
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Her Regular Service Route: France to the United States of America (USA)
Le Havre to New York (via Plymouth) transatlantic service
"THE TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING"
COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE (CGT), LE HAVRE
(CGT FRENCH LINE)
