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Topic: Did they remove the "France"

steeplechase
First Class Passenger
Member # 4056

posted 03-13-2008 10:00 PM

Towards the front of Norway there is a section of the side of the ship missing maybe where the old France name was??? I remember that you could still read France through the paint. Think someone thought to keep that?

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 03-13-2008 11:30 PM

From the latest images of the ship, it appears that the hull plates forward have been removed. That is the area where the letters spelling out NORWAY were welded on.

I would guess the old letters spelling out FRANCE were not scrapped when the ship was converted in 1979-80 and may have been sold to collectors.

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 03-14-2008 07:42 AM

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Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:
From the latest images of the ship, it appears that the hull plates forward have been removed. That is the area where the letters spelling out NORWAY were welded on.
I would guess the old letters spelling out FRANCE were not scrapped when the ship was converted in 1979-80 and may have been sold to collectors.

The letters from FRANCE's name were sitting at the Le Havre Maritime Museum when I was there in 2003, not on public display but in a back storage area, along with a huge builder's model of NORMANDIE. I was trying to photograph them (unsuccessfully) through an iron grate in a back door. Now I understand that the museum has been closed down, and I don't know the whereabouts of any of their magnificent artifacts and models.

Perhaps one of our French members, or anyone else, has some knowledge of this?

Rich

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TDM99
First Class Passenger
Member # 6196

posted 03-14-2008 12:52 PM

I take this photo in May 2005 in Bremerhaven .
You can just seen the " E " of the name FRANCE on the left of the name NORWAY .
Many " blue " paint of they others letters !

Noel

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joe at travelpage
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Member # 622

posted 03-14-2008 02:07 PM

Noel, interesting picture. Here's a photo taken in 2001 where either the name Norway was painted in a different location or this is a photo of the starboard side.

Joe at TravelPage.com

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joe at travelpage
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posted 03-14-2008 02:16 PM

Here's a picture from 1963 that seems to confirm the location of the letters on the starboard side.

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