SS Normandie

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/SS_Normandie

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ship
gptkbp:artworkBy	gptkb:Jean_Dupas
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Blue_Riband
gptkbp:beam	36.4 meters
gptkbp:builder	gptkb:Chantiers_de_Penhoët
gptkbp:builtYear	1932
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:France
gptkbp:crew	1345
gptkbp:demise	fire and capsizing, 1942
gptkbp:designer	gptkb:Vladimir_Yourkevitch
gptkbp:fate	caught fire and capsized in New York, 1942
gptkbp:featuredIn	1935 film newsreels
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:France
gptkbp:grossTonnage	83,423 GRT
gptkbp:homeport	gptkb:Le_Havre
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	SS Normandie
gptkbp:launched	1932
gptkbp:length	313.75 meters
gptkbp:locationOfFire	gptkb:Pier_88,_New_York_City
gptkbp:maidenVoyage	29 May 1935
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:winning_Blue_Riband technological innovation Art Deco interiors luxury and speed largest and fastest passenger ship at time of launch first liner to cross Atlantic in under 4 days first liner to exceed 1,000 feet in length first liner to exceed 60,000 tons iconic French ocean liner
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:Compagnie_Générale_Transatlantique
gptkbp:portOfFinalDisaster	gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:propulsion	steam turbines
gptkbp:renamed	gptkb:USS_Lafayette
gptkbp:scrapped	1946
gptkbp:seatingCapacity	1972
gptkbp:sisterShip	gptkb:SS_Île_de_France
gptkbp:speed	32.1 knots
gptkbp:usedAs	gptkb:troopship_(planned,_as_USS_Lafayette)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Chantiers_de_l'Atlantique
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5