BUFVC Search
Current Search
Previous Searches
SS Ile-de-France - 40,500 tons - rivalling our biggest trans-Atlantic liner, launched.
Five hundred perish in appalling marine tragedy. Grim search for dead at spot where St Philibert swamped in gale.
Latest luxury boat. Champlain mighty 28,627-tonner built for transatlantic service, takes the water. 1. Salvage. Hoses are used to prevent boatmen stealing the valuable tallow scraped off slipway.
Normandie takes first dip! Madame Lebrun (President’s wife) launches mighty 75,000-tonner, largest liner afloat.
75,000 ton ‘Normandie’ launched by Madame Lebrun, wife of the French President, who described it as a ‘superb floating cathedral’.
Maiden voyage in May. Army of artisans speed up work on giant liner. France’s challenge to the "Queen Mary".
Final work on rival of "Queen Mary". Giant French liner is dry-docked before maiden voyage.
They were made in England. Skilled men fix four 23-ton screws to the "Queen Mary’s" rival.
Giant French liner in dry-dock.
You are currently searching in News on Screen. Search all the BUFVC's collections for '"St Nazaire"' in All fields.
Learning on Screen