LAUNCHING OF GIGANTIC FRENCH LINER.—The Compagnie Generate Transatlantique’s new liner Normandie, after being launched at St. Nazaire on October 30. Madame Lebrun, wife of the President of France, performed the opening ceremony. When the immense bulk of the liner took the water it created a great wash which threatened danger to many of the spectators.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 December 1932, Page 11
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55LAUNCHING OF GIGANTIC FRENCH LINER.—The Compagnie Generate Transatlantique’s new liner Normandie, after being launched at St. Nazaire on October 30. Madame Lebrun, wife of the President of France, performed the opening ceremony. When the immense bulk of the liner took the water it created a great wash which threatened danger to many of the spectators. Taranaki Daily News, 20 December 1932, Page 11
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