FRANCE'S SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE FOR THE BLUE RIBAND OF THE ATLANTIC.—The French liner Normandie (79,000 tons) leaving Havre on May 29 on her maidan voyage to New York during which she made the fastest crossing of the Atlantic from Southampton to New York, easily boating the record previously held by the German liner Bremen. The Normandie also broke the record for the return journey. In the background is another famous French liner, the He de France.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 160, 22 June 1935, Page 5
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75FRANCE'S SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE FOR THE BLUE RIBAND OF THE ATLANTIC.—The French liner Normandie (79,000 tons) leaving Havre on May 29 on her maidan voyage to New York during which she made the fastest crossing of the Atlantic from Southampton to New York, easily boating the record previously held by the German liner Bremen. The Normandie also broke the record for the return journey. In the background is another famous French liner, the He de France. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 160, 22 June 1935, Page 5
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