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Marc Piché on Jul 18, 2012 22:58 (10 months ago) | |
| I own a similar original Kodachrome slide of LIBERTÉ taken by Charlie Billups during the same shoot from one of the New York ferries in the 1960s so I think the image should be credited to him. |
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Mr. DOT on Jul 18, 2012 17:52 (10 months ago) | |
| a very imposing liner, but the French really did go for oversize stacks, didn't they! mrdot. |
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jadran on Jul 18, 2012 13:44 (10 months ago) | |
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Some more details of this "very good and impressive" passenger liner :
LIBERTE (France), C.G.T. Line; gross tonnage 49,700; dimensions 890 x 102 ft; Turbines , 4 screws, 28 knots; Built Blohm & Voss, 1928; 2,000 passengers; service Havre - New York (calling at Southampton westbound and Plymouth eastbound). The largest French ship, originally NDL, Europa. (source: The Dumpy Book of Ships & the Seas, 1958) |
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Clive Harvey on Jul 18, 2012 10:51 (10 months ago) | |
| I think that she is rather splendid but was more attractive before the funnels were heightened. Trans Atlantic voyaging in the 1950s must have been fantastic, such a wealth of ships to choose from. I have to admit that when considering the choices the Cunard Queens are very low on my list when there was the opportunity to sail on the likes of Liberte, Nieuw Amsterdam, America, United States, Mauretania to name but a few. |
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rd77 on Jul 18, 2012 10:43 (10 months ago) | |
| Although she is not one of my favourites, she does look rather grand in this view. |
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