LA NORMANDIE: 1883 - Color-coded deck plan from 1886French Line From way back in 1886, a fold out deck plan of LA NORMANDIE, French Line's first liner built to compete with the best on the transatlantic route. The plan opens to 4. 25" by 19" and shows Saloon Deck where First Class and a smidgin of Second Class were housed. Color coding demarcates cabin types with the top choice in pink "Cabines de Luxe State Rooms with double Berth." As you might have guessed, facilities consisted of a shared block of

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Upper Deck Swimming Pool

Tourist Class held a few less passengers and was crammed into the stern area

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The ship sat rusting for many years in a Nauruvian backwater before being scrapped

black and white views include the Tavern

All forty-four crew escaped to lifeboats

These handsome liners sailed from London to Durban via the Suez Canal

both from 1938

all with private baths

but afterwards Delta Line didn't want her nor her sisters back

complete with the original FRANCE furniture