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The article says the ship was seized under the right of Angary. Is there any information about when, after the war, the required payment was made to the owners? How much was it?
Fustbariclation ( talk) 09:54, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
This page states that the max hp for the Normandie was 200,000 hp in this context the article states that she had the highest HP of any passenger liner. Should not have been been conditioned by the statement "... then built". The SS United States has 240,000 of installed HP. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.3.244.57 ( talk) 15:07, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Could some more specifics on propulsion plant be added- how many boilers/ designer & manufacturer of boilers, Boiler operating pressure and Temperature. thanks Wfoj2 ( talk) 22:17, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
Thank you to all for an excellent entry on Normandie's history. I would like to suggest an external link to appear at the bottom of the Normandie page. The link includes numerous images of museum items from Normandie that appeared in a museum exhibit "Hommage au Normandie" at the French Consulate in New York City (that later travelled to Miami at the Bass Museum of Art) that was regarded by the New Yorker Magazine (August 3, 1992, page 25, link to article below) as "the largest concentration of Normandie relics and memorabilia ever assembled." For the Ocean Liner Museum (now assimilated under South Street Seaport Museum) under John Maxtone Graham, marine historian and best-selling author, I served as the curator of this exhibit and culled these materials (nearly 200 artifacts) from museums and collectors internationally including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The images were originally shot on large 3 x 5 transparencies and have now been transferred for the first time into digital format. Rare items from 1st Class service and furnishings on board Normandie are identified in these images along with manufacturers and leading artist and designers of the period also being noted. The site is stabile and secure and not linked to any advertising, etc. There are no copyright issues regarding the displayed items as all artifacts were photographed in a public location at the time with no restrictions on photography. Names of lenders do not appear and remain protected. I maintain the website and grant permission for a link to appear at Wikipedia under the SS Normandie (history) heading.
Please follow this link to see images of artifacts contained in the exhibition (click on individual images or press "slideshow" and use the forward button found in lower right of screen to advance):
SS Normandie exhibit - "Hommage au Normandie"
New Yorker Magazine reference to Normandie exhibit
I trust you will find this informative and enjoyable as a visual link to Normandie's great works. Best regards for continued development of this important page in Wikipedia. - CharlesLibrary
CharlesLibrary ( talk) 22:53, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
These two articles should be merged. The best reason? Numerous ships go through names changes but does each name get its own article? No.They are the same exact ship. Not to mention The Lafayette is only notable for a fire. A fire that can easily be included in the Normandie article. Not to mention the articles are already so similar. Discuss. -- Shadow ( talk) 16:26, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
NO MERGE I don't think a merge is necessary as it is not just a name change. It is possible that US Navy personnel that served on this ship only know it by USS Lafayette. Sure ship never went anywhere, but it doesn't mean she didn't have a Navy Crew.-- Subman758 ( talk) 01:41, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
Against merging. Last discussion has been for awhile, let's just close shop on it and close the discussion on it. -- Hourick ( talk) 17:48, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
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Was there a particular reason why the definite article before the ship's name is omitted throughout the article? It is customary to refer to ships as the Titanic, the Queen Mary, the Santa Maria, and so on. That is also how she's referred to in the online sources, for example the Antiques Roadshow article The Normandie: A Legend Undiminished. Unless I hear to the contrary, I propose to add them one of these days. Awien ( talk) 02:20, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
I refer you to the article:
In France, ship prefixes properly depend on the ship name's gender, but non-sailors mostly use the masculine form,[18] inherited from the French terms for ship, which can be "paquebot", "navire", "bateau", "bâtiment", but English speakers refer to ships as feminine ("she's a beauty"), and the French Line carried many rich American customers. French Line wrote that their ship was to be called simply "Normandie," preceded by neither "le" nor "la" (French masculine/feminine for "the") to avoid any confusion.
101.164.231.185 ( talk) 12:43, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
hi there.
the lettering for some of the pictures is overflowing into the main document. I don't know how and don't have the time to fix but presume its a simple fix? please fix this as it makes picture captions very hard to read!
thanks Jthekid15 ( talk) 11:27, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
I have some memorabilia which has been in my family for many years as my grandfather was a ticket agent for Cunard in New York City in the early 1900's and sailed frequently on the Normandie. 1. A 1935 commemorative bronze medallion 2. An ashtray 3. A sliding guidebook/cabin locator Are these items things you might wish to have pictured on the site? I'm not at all certain how one contacts the primary owner of the site.
Ed_in_NY 20:32, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
The correct call sign is FNSK. The F was misread as P from the cited source. 84.148.1.119 ( talk) 22:59, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
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The article does not seem entirely consistent, saying at various points:
Jontel ( talk) 18:44, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
The infobox says the ship is 35.9 m in beam, and references a Lloyd's report that no longer exists at the stated URL. I've seen the same figure elsewhere online, but I've also seen 36.4 m. This would be worth clearing up. Normandie was either wider than Queen Mary or it wasn't; it certainly *looks* beamier, but I know that isn't a reliable source. Sacxpert ( talk) 05:15, 14 March 2021 (UTC)