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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.
1942 – Normandie in New York City, ship capsized and sank at pier; 1944 – Bombay Explosion (1944) — Fort Stikine docked in Bombay, India underwent a fire which caused two explosions and set fire to the area killing around 800 people
SS Normandie: maritime 1 [181] 1915 1915 New York City Subway fire: rail 1 [182] 1770 Battle of Golden Hill: warfare 0–1 [183] 2009 US Airways Flight 1549: aircraft 0 [184] 1975 Overseas National Airways Flight 032: aircraft 0 [185] 1969 1969 New York City gas explosion: explosion 0 [186] [187] 1919 1919 Standard Oil Company fire: fire 0 [188 ...
Some people jumped overboard but none drowned. The ship remained afloat and many boats came to the rescue. More than 600 passengers survived, many uninjured. The ship's Captain was George W. McVey, who had also been captain of Larchmont in 1907 when it sank after a collision less than 20 nautical miles (37 km) away. [55] 55 1988 Brazil
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This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:SS_Normandie_Pier_88_1941.jpg licensed with PD-USGov-Military-Navy . 2009-11-03T04:52:49Z Altair78 600x336 (144998 Bytes) {{Information |Description={{en|1=During a flight over New York City on 20 August 1941, a photographer in Utility Squadron (VJ) 4 shot this view of Normandie alongside Pier 88 on the Hudson River; the French ...
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Soleil Royal – On 3 June, in the Battle of La Hougue, the French flagship was attacked by 17 ships at Pointe du Hommet. The ship managed to repel them with artillery fire, but a fire ship set its stern afire and the fire soon reached its powder rooms. The people of Cherbourg came to the rescue, but there was only one survivor out of 883 to ...