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List of ships of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
This is a list of ships owned by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, commonly known as the French Line.
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CGT service |
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| Abd el-Kader (fr) |
1880 |
1880-1922 |
Ocean liner |
312 ft. |
33.6 ft. |
1,579 GRT |
Scrapped 1922 |
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| Administrateur en Chef Thomas |
1943 |
1945-1948 |
Cargo ship |
423.9 ft. |
56 ft. |
7,049 GRT |
Total loss 1950 |
Ran aground on Goodwin Sands and broke in two on December 23, 1950. |
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| Afrique |
1872 |
1881-1901 |
Ocean liner |
246 ft. |
30.2 ft. |
1,072 GRT |
Scrapped 1911 |
First of eight sister ships sold to CGT 1880. Renamed Afrika 1901. |
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| Ajaccio |
1872 |
1881-1900 |
Ocean liner |
246 ft. |
30.2 ft. |
1,084 GRT |
Total loss 1900 |
Sister of Afrique. Ran aground at Marseilles and capsized, 25 Jan 1901 |
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| Alabama |
1931 |
1931-1954 |
Cargo ship |
424.5 ft. |
54.8 ft. |
5,645 GRT |
Scrapped 1960. |
Taken by Nazis 1940. Sold to Hong Kong 1954, renamed Ocean Trader. |
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| Alaska |
1922 |
1922-1939 |
Cargo ship |
413.3 ft. |
55 ft. |
5,398 GRT |
Sunk 1939. |
Collided with English freighter Dotterell, 14 Nov 1939. |
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| Alexandre Bixio |
1880 |
1880-1905 |
Cargo ship |
300 ft. |
36 ft. |
1,934 GRT |
Total loss 1905 |
Ran aground at the mouth of the Loire, 24 Jan 1905. No casualties. |
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| Alice |
1872 |
1876-1905 |
Collier |
229.9 ft. |
31.2 ft. |
767 GRT |
Sold 1905 |
Sold to Italy, renamed Aquila, then Luigino. No record after 1917. |
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| Amérique |
1865 |
1873–95 |
Ocean liner |
393.7 ft. |
43.9 ft. |
3,801 GRT |
Total loss 1895 |
Stranded at the mouth of the Magdalma, 28 Jan 1895 |
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| Angoulême |
1919 |
1940 |
Cargo ship |
250.9 ft. |
43.5 ft. |
2,451 GRT |
Ceded 1948 |
Blocked at Panama Canal 1940, sent to New Orleans. Ceded to Italy 1948 |
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| Antilles (fr) |
1913 |
1913-1937 |
Ocean liner |
278.9 ft. |
38 ft. |
2,073 GRT |
Scrapped 1937 |
Commissioned with white hull but also depicted in black. |
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| Antilles |
1952 |
1953–71 |
Ocean liner |
568.3 ft. |
80 ft. |
19,828 GRT |
Wrecked 1971 |
Sister of Flandre. |
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| Arcadia |
1909 |
1909-1934 |
Cargo ship |
314.2 ft. |
43.9 ft. |
3,108 GRT |
Scrapped 1934 |
Formerly Basse-Terre. Converted to refrigerated ship 1913. |
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| Ardeche |
1890 |
1915–25 |
Cargo ship |
314.2 ft. |
42 ft. |
2,770 GRT |
Scrapped 1925 |
Formerly Maurechal Lyatey. Served African coastal route. |
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| Ardennes |
1920 |
1922–38 |
Cargo ship |
311.7 ft. |
43.5 ft. |
2,274 GRT |
Sold 1938 |
Purchased 1922. Later sold to Hong Kong 1950, scrapped 1963. |
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| Argentan |
1943 |
1946–54 |
Cargo ship |
416 ft. |
56.9 ft. |
7,176 GRT |
Ceded 1954 |
Liberty ship built as Gabriel Franchere. Scrapped 1971. |
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| Arica |
1921 |
1921–42 |
Cargo ship |
425 ft. |
54.8 ft. |
5,390 GRT |
Sunk 1942 |
Seized 1941, torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-160 on November 6, 1942. |
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| Ariege |
1920 |
1935-1938 |
Cargo ship |
311.7 ft. |
43.5 ft. |
2,274 GRT |
Sold 1938 |
Sold to Turkey 1950. Scrapped 1975. |
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| Arkansas |
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| Atlantic Champagne |
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| Atlantique |
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| Atlas |
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| Aube |
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| Auray |
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| Auvergne |
1968 |
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| Avreyon |
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| Balata |
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| Balata |
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| Baltique |
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| Bretagne (fr) |
1922 |
1936-1939 |
Ocean liner |
450.1 ft. |
59.2 ft. |
10,171 GRT |
Torpedoed and sunk 1939 |
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| Cacique |
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| Canada |
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| Cantal |
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| Capitaine Coullon |
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| Caracoli |
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| Caroline |
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| Carthage |
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| Champlain |
1931 |
1932-1940 |
Ocean liner |
641 ft. |
82 ft. |
28,124 GRT |
Sunk 1940 |
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| Champlain |
1974 |
1974-1977 |
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| Chicago |
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| Colombie |
1931 |
1931-1940, 1946-1964 |
Ocean liner |
520 ft. |
66 ft. |
12,348 GRT |
Sold to Typaldos Lines in 1964. Scrapped in 1974 |
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| Comte-de Nice |
1966 |
1966-1969 |
Ferry |
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4,555 GRT |
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| Corse |
1966 |
1966-1969 |
Ferry |
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4,455 GRT |
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| Cuba |
1922 |
1923-1941 |
Ocean liner |
476 ft. |
62.3 ft. |
11,337 GRT |
Torpedoed and sunk 1945 |
Transferred to Ministry of War Transport 1941 |
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| Darrien |
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| De Grasse |
1924 |
1924-1940, 1947-1953 |
Ocean liner |
552.1 ft. |
71.4 ft. |
17,759 GRT (1924) 18,359 GRT (1932), 18,435 GRT (1947) |
Scrapped 1962 |
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| De Grasse |
1956 |
1971-1973 |
Ocean liner |
578.3 ft. |
72.2 ft. |
18,739 GRT |
Sold in 1973, later burned out and capsized in 1980. |
Purchased from Norwegian America Line |
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| Espagne |
1909 |
1910-1932 |
Ocean liner |
537 ft. 8 in. |
60 ft. 8 in. |
11,155 GRT |
Scrapped 1934 |
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| Figuig |
1903 |
1921-1934 |
Ocean liner |
350 ft. |
45.2 ft. |
3,655 GRT |
Scrapped 1934 |
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| Flandre |
1914 |
1914-1940 |
Ocean liner |
464.4 ft. |
57 ft. |
8,571 GRT |
Sunk by a mine, 1940 |
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| Flandre |
1951 |
1952-1967 |
Ocean liner |
581.6 ft. |
80.2 ft. |
20,469 GRT |
Destroyed by fire 1994 |
Sister of Antilles. |
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| Floride |
1862 |
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1,859 GRT |
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| Floride |
1907 |
1907-1914 |
Ocean liner |
413.2 ft. |
52.2 ft. |
6,624 GRT |
Sunk 1915 |
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1921 |
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7,369 GRT |
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| Fort La Reine |
1969 |
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9,873 GRT |
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| France |
1910 |
1912-1935 |
Ocean liner |
711 ft. 11 in. |
75.6 ft. |
23,666 GRT (1912), 23,769 GRT (1924) |
Scrapped 1936 |
Only French four-funnel liner |
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| France |
1960 |
1962-1974 |
Ocean liner |
1,035 ft. 8 in. |
110 ft. 7 in. |
66,343 GRT |
Scrapped 2008 |
Later SS Norway of Norwegian Cruise Line |
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| Fred-Scamaroni |
1923 |
1948-1953 |
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1,922 GRT |
Scrapped 1956 |
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| Fred-Scamaroni |
1964 |
1966-1969 |
Ferry |
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4,771 GRT |
Grounded and sank 1991 |
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| Général Chanzy (fr) |
1891 |
1891-1910 |
Ocean liner |
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2,920 GRT |
Wrecked 1910 |
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| Gouverneur Général Chanzy |
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| Gouverneur Général De Gueydon |
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| Grandcamp |
1942 |
1946-1947 |
Cargo ship |
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7,176 GRT |
Caught fire and exploded 1947 |
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| Guadeloupe |
1907 |
1907-1915 |
Cargo ship |
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6,586 GRT |
Captured and sunk 1915 |
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| Guadeloupe |
1936 |
1937-1951 |
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2,676 GRT |
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| Guadeloupe |
1949 |
1953-1972 |
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4,061 GRT |
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| Guyane |
1955 |
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7,062 GRT |
Sold 1977 |
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| Haïti |
1914 |
1914-1951 |
Liner |
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6,288 GRT |
Scrapped 1951 |
Renamed Marrakech scrapped 1951
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| Île de France |
1927 |
1927-1959 |
Ocean liner |
791 ft. |
91 ft. |
43,153 GRT |
Scrapped 1959 |
Partially sunk for the 1960 film The Last Voyage |
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| Illinois |
1917 |
1926-1934 |
Cargo |
400.3 ft |
51.6 ft |
5,911 GRT |
Sunk 1940 |
Torpedoed and sunk by U-122, June 1940 |
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| Impératrice Eugenie |
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| Ingenieur Général Harbleicher |
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| Isaac-Pereire |
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| Kléber |
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| L'Aquitaine |
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| La Bourdonnais |
1904 |
1920-1931 |
Ocean liner |
453.5 ft. |
55.8 ft. |
8,338 GRT |
Scrapped 1934 |
Awarded from Germany as war prize |
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| La Bourgogne |
1885 |
1886-1898 |
Ocean liner |
508 ft. |
52.2 ft. |
7,395 GRT |
Sank in collision 1898 |
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| La Bretagne |
1885 |
1886-1912 |
Ocean liner |
495.4 ft. |
51.75 ft. |
7,112 GRT |
Sold to Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique 1912 |
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| La Champagne (fr) |
1885 |
1886-1915 |
Ocean liner |
493.4 ft. |
51.8 |
7,087 GRT |
Grounded 1915 |
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| La Corse |
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| La Dives |
1897 |
1915-1918 |
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| La Gascogne (fr) |
1886 |
1886-1912, 1918-1919 |
Ocean liner |
495.4 ft. |
52.4 ft. |
7,395 GRT |
Scrapped 1919 |
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| La Lorraine (fr) |
1899 |
1900-1922 |
Ocean liner |
563.1 ft. |
60 ft. |
11,146 GRT |
Scrapped 1922 |
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| La Navarre |
1892 |
1893-1924 |
Ocean liner |
471 ft. |
50.5 ft. |
6,648 GRT |
Scrapped 1925 |
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| La Provence |
1905 |
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| La Touraine |
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| Lafayette |
1863 |
1863-1906 |
Ocean liner |
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Scrapped 1906 |
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| Lafayette |
1914 |
1915-1940 |
Ocean liner |
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Sunk by mine 1940 |
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| Lafayette (fr) |
1929 |
1930-1938 |
Ocean liner |
610 ft. |
83 ft. |
25,178 GRT |
Caught fire 1938 |
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| Lamoricière |
1920 |
1921-1942 |
Ocean liner |
370 ft. |
50 ft. |
4,713 GRT |
Sank in storm 1942 |
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1890 |
1890-1915 |
Cargo ship |
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Sunk 1915 |
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| Liberté |
1928 |
1950-1962 |
Ocean liner |
936.7 ft. |
101.7 ft. |
49,746 GRT |
Scrapped 1963 |
Awarded from Germany as war prize |
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1943 |
1946-1949 |
Cargo ship |
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| Malvina |
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| Maroc |
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| Martinique |
1883 |
1903-1931 |
Ocean liner |
380.5 ft. |
48 ft. 2 in. |
4,241 GRT |
Scrapped 1932 |
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| Meknès |
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| Mexique |
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| Minotaure |
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| Moïse |
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| Mont-Blanc |
1899 |
1915-1917 |
Cargo ship |
320 ft. |
44.8 ft. |
3,279 GRT |
Destroyed by ammunition explosion, 1917 |
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| Napoléon III |
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| Normandie |
1932 |
1935-1939 |
Liner |
962 ft. |
35.9 ft. |
79,280 GRT later 83,423 GRT |
Total loss 1942 |
Burned and capsized at the dockside during troopship conversion |
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Burned out and capsized in 1939, scrapped in 1947. |
Her derelict wrecked caused Liberte to sink after she broke her moorings and collided with the wreck of Paris |
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See also
External links
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