Builder:

Chantiers de l’Atlantique, St Nazaire, France

Yard Number:

T9

Date of Build:

1932

Vessel Name:

S/S Normandie (1932 – 1941)

Other Names:

S/S Lafayette (1941 – 1947)

Type of Vessel:

Transatlantic passenger ocean liner

Date Launched:

29th October 1932

Launched by:

Madame Lebrun

(wife of President Albert Lebrun)

Maiden Voyage:

29th May 1935:

Le Havre to New York via Southampton

Final Commercial Voyage:

23rd August 1939:

Le Havre to New York

(where she arrived on the 28th August 1939)

Final Voyage:

28th November 1946:

Date Scrapped:

1946 / 1947

Lipsett Corporation, Port Newark, USA

Flag:

French

Port of Registry:

Le Havre, France

Original Owners / Operators:

Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (CGT)

CGT French Line

Length:

1, 029 ft

Breadth:

117 ft

Draft:

36 ft 7 inches

Gross Registered Tonnage:

79,283 tons (as originally built)

83,423 tons (after 1935 refit)

Power:

steam turbo-electric engines developing 160,000 shaft horsepower

Propulsion:

Quadruple screws

Maximum Speed:

33 knots

Service Speed:

29 knots

Passengers & Crew:

848 First Class, 670 Tourist Class, 454 Third Class and 1,339 crew