FRENCH STEAMSHIP AND CRUISE LINES
« Previous EntriesSS L’Atlantique of the Cie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique was an unique example for the next ocean liners of the 1930s.
Thursday, March 18th, 2010SS L’Atlantique of the Cie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique was an unique example for the next ocean liners of the 1930s, not only in Interior design, modernity, and wonderful Art Deco areas, but also a bad example regarding the risk of “fire”. Only 16 months she crossed the seas, when her lacquered interiors, wooden panels, were [...]
THE FRENCH LINE – SS LIBERTE – 1950s
Thursday, October 8th, 2009Cruising the past: The SS Europa was the pride of Norddeutscher Lloyd Line in the 1930s. She was the sister ship of the SS Bremen.
Sadly the Second World War caused an end to her years in German hands and she was handed to the French as war reparations.
As SS Liberte, the ship became the stop [...]
THE SS FRANCE AND THE SS LIBERTE – Elegance at sea – Now a memory.
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009Cruise History: THE SS FRANCE AND THE SS LIBERTE – Elegance at sea – Now a memory.
Enjoy these gorgeous full color home movies from SHIPGEEK shot by a lucky couple who traveled on the SS France Eastbound, and the SS Liberte Westbound, trans-Atlantic. Crossing the pond. Shipgeek has combined to suggest a mythical [...]
Great SHIPGEEK Video of the SS FRANCE
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009Cruising the past and cruise history. This is a terrific SHIPGEEK video in memory of the glorious SS France, set to the song “France” by Jimmy Kennedy, performed by the Roger Wagner Chorale (written for the maiden voyage).
The video is produced by SHIPGEEK. Please visit this wonderful website by clicking here.
The SS France [...]
Sailing trans-Atlantic on the French Line – 1920s – Great video from youTUBE…
Saturday, April 11th, 2009Cruise History – Sailing trans-Atlantic on the French Line – 1920s – Great video from youTUBE…
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (French Line) was founded in 1861. The company began sailing in 1862 from Havre to Mexico and in 1864 they added a services from Havre to New York. They also sailed to Canada via Plymouth, plied the [...]
Cruise History: Is the QE2 headed for the Dubai scrapyard? Rumors are floating around the former Cunard Line ship is going to be scrapped because the Dubai economic bubble has gone bust.
Thursday, March 26th, 2009Cruise History: Is the QE2 headed for the Dubai scrapyard? Rumors are floating around the former Cunard Line ship is going to be scrapped because the Dubai economic bubble has gone bust.
The QE 2 on her last voyage.
The Business Insider website is reporting the QE 2 is being scrapped.
Last year, once the world’s fastest [...]
Cruise History – Remembering Katharine Hepburn aboard Holland America Line’s great trans-Atlantic liner SS NIEUW AMSTERDAM. A “queen” of Art Deco design and style.
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009A wonderful Dutch film/video on the great liner.
Throughout the 1930s a remarkable period of growth was experienced by the merchant fleets of many nations. This growth occurred in spite of a depression that put a strangle-hold on the world-wide economy.
Our thanks to Reuben Goossens, 47 years in the Passenger Shipping/Cruise Industry, and one of [...]
SS FRANCE – last of the great ocean-going liners.
Sunday, March 8th, 2009Enjoy these great full color home movies shot by a lucky couple who traveled on the SS France Eastbound, and the SS Liberte Westbound, here combined to suggest a mythical time when such a trip might have been possible in the early 1960s. Bon Voyage!
SS France arrives in New York to great celebration on [...]
S.S. LA MARSEILLAISE – Messageries Maritimes’ “Orient & Indo China” route… from Saigon to the depths of Grenada…
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Messageries Maritimes’ flag-ship ended up like mini-Titanic… read on…
MM ship leaving Saigon
Dating from 1862, Messageries Maritimes’ “Orient & Indo China” route was its premier route, serving as it did the Jewel in France’s Crown in the East: Indo-China.
Saigon during the golden age before the endless and useless [...]
Cruise Ship History: The French Line’s SS NORMANDIE. The greatest liner ever to sail “across the pond”! Will the SS United States and QE 2 face a similar demise?
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009Visit the SS Normandie website celebrating the extraordinary museum honoring the great liner created by John “Crash” Miottel by clicking here for information on this great ship.
SS Normandie arriving in New York on her maiden voyage.
The French Line’s Normandie is one of the relatively few legitimate contenders for the title “Greatest Liner Ever”. She [...]