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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 ...
7 Μαΐ 2020 · With a capacity of 1,972 passengers and 1,345 crew, a tonnage of 79,280 GRT (83,423 GRT after reconstruction in 1938) and a length of 313.58 meters, the Normandie was also the largest and longest ship at the time. In fact, she was the first liner with a length of more than 300 meters and the first liner with a tonnage above 60,000 GRT.
The Normandy landings were the largest seaborne invasion in history, with nearly 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers. [127] The opening of another front in western Europe was a tremendous psychological blow for Germany's military, who feared a repetition of the two-front war of World War I.
Her purpose was distinctly threefold: To be the largest liner afloat (the first to exceed 60,000 tons and 1,000 feet in length), to be the fastest ship and, thirdly, to be an extraordinary floating center of ‘everything French’ – from food to decor to style and fashion.
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Composition of the Allied Armada in Normandy. In total, the fleet consists of five major forces, one for each beach. 8 to 16 separate convoys in turn make up the top five. All of these forces represent more than 5,300 boats of all types plus 4,000 relay boats between shore and offshore vessels.
Basic facts and figures about the famous ship Normandie including tonnage, length, width, draft, and more.
