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Topic: Card of the week 32/52... TSS L'Atlantique

AJL
First Class Passenger
Member # 956

posted 08-11-2002 01:30 PM

Length: 226,7 m
Beam: 28,1 m
GRT: 42,512 t
Built: 1931 Penhoët, St. Nazaire, France
Operator: Compagnie Sudatlantique
Speed: 21 kn
Passengers: 1,156

She was built for Bordeaux - Buenos Aires service.
On 01-04-1933 she caught fire when on a voyage from Bordeaux to Le Havre where she was supposed to be dry-docked.
19 crewmembers lost their lives (there were no passengers aboard).
Two days later the wreck was towed to Cherbourg, where it stayed until 1936.
The fire was declared to be deliberately started, but no one was sentenced of it.
The wreck was scrapped in Port Glasgow, Scotland, by Smith and Houston Ltd. in 1936.

AJL

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Onno
First Class Passenger
Member # 3071

posted 08-11-2002 01:49 PM

Thanks for the great picture AJL,

That was one robust looking ship the L’Atlantique. To bad she had a short career.

Best, Onno

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gohaze
First Class Passenger
Member # 586

posted 08-11-2002 07:08 PM

Her replacement, the Pasteur certainly looked a lot different.
...peter

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PauloMestre
First Class Passenger
Member # 1613

posted 08-12-2002 10:26 AM

quote:
Originally posted by gohaze:
Her replacement, the Pasteur certainly looked a lot different.
...peter

Indeed...

Best regards,

Paulo Mestre

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cruiseny
First Class Passenger
Member # 2928

posted 08-12-2002 10:37 AM

Hello,

Ugh... Pasteur looks terrible with that funnel, MUCH too big... L'Atlantique's are too small!

Pasteur looked much better with NDL.

Happy Cruising,
Cruiseny

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