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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.
Vladimir Yourkevitch working on design of SS Normandie. Vladimir Yourkevitch (Russian: Владимир Иванович Юркевич, also spelled Yourkevitch, 1885 in Moscow – December 13, 1964) was a Russian Naval engineer, and a designer of the Ocean Liner SS Normandie. He worked in Russia, France, and the United States.
In appearance the planned Oceanic had certain features that make it akin to the liner SS Normandie, including the three short, wide funnels that contrasted with the tall narrow stacks of older ships. Designed shortly after Oceanic , the 300 meter-plus Normandie was the first to exceed the symbolic barriers of 1000 feet in length and 30 knots in ...
RMS Majestic was a British ocean liner working on the White Star Line’s North Atlantic run, originally launched in 1914 as the Hamburg America Liner SS Bismarck. At 56,551 gross register tons , she was the largest ship ever operated by the White Star Line under its own flag and the largest ship in the world until completion of SS Normandie in ...
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 ...
What exactly in the Normandie was 6.50 x 8.00 x 6.00 m, and what is a "single dimension"? --Dashers 10:26, 15 August 2006 (UTC) For her propulsion, Normandie had 4 synchronous motors feeded by 4 turbo alternators (ie synchronous générators) while cruising at full speed during summer.
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SS Normandy: Operator: 1910–1912: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway; 1912–1918: London and South Western Railway; Port of registry: Builder: Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull: Launched: 12 May 1910: Fate: Torpedoed and sunk 25 January 1918: General characteristics; Tonnage: 618 gross register tons (GRT) Length: 192 feet (59 m) Beam: 29.2 ...