LINER NORMANDIE WILL BE SCRAPPED
New York, July 18. The former French liner Normandie, which burned and capsized at a New York dock in 1942, will be broken up for scrap. This decision follows an announcement of a severe shortage in America of scrap met al for steel mills. Under the reconversion emergency programme surplus ships numbering several hundreds and guns, tanks and ammunition will be broken up.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 167, 20 July 1946, Page 9
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68LINER NORMANDIE WILL BE SCRAPPED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 167, 20 July 1946, Page 9
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