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SS Normandie
Career
Built: Penhoët, Saint Nazaire, France
Ordered: 16 November 1935
Laid down: 26 January 1931
Launched: 29 October 1932
Commissioned: 29 October 1932
Fate: Caught fire, capsized at Pier, sold for scrap on October 3rd 1946
General Characteristics
GRT: 79,280, later 83,423 gross tons
Displacement: 71,300 tons (approx)
Length: 313.6 m (1,029 feet)
Width: 36.4 m (19.4 ft)
Draft: 11.3 m (37 ft)
Height: 56.1 m (184 ft)
Power: 160,000 hp Turbo-electric (200,000 hp max)
Propulsion: Four electric motors direct drive to four three-blade (later four blade) propellors
Speed: Designed speed 29 knots (53.7 kph), 32.2 knots (59.6 kph) maximum
Passengers: 1,972 (848 First Class, 670 Tourist Class, 454 Third Class)
Crew 1,345