SS Normandie - Extended Version
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- Опубліковано 19 вер 2024
- A video history of the Legendary French Luxury Liner SS Normandie in service from 1935 to 1939. She burned and capsized at her New York pier while undergoing conversion to a troopship USS Lafayette on 9 Feb 1942. This extended version has unseen color photos of the Normandie .
She was, without doubt, the quintessential ocean liner. She was sleek, she was fast and she was chic. Her time suited her perfectly and the music accompanying the clips here alluded also to her magic. Never again will we see another like her, for her time has passed. We can only look back with nostalgia on such a beautifully stupendous creation. The magnifique paquebot extraordinaire......Normandie...
"She was YAR."
@@markfarrington5183 As a patriotic Englishman it pains me to say that the French vessel was way ahead of the QM in almost every way. Berthed side by side you would think QM was perhaps 40 years older than the Normandie. Having said that the QM proved to be the more successful ship. Passengers seemed to think the luxury of the Normandie was a bit OTT. The QM was able to attract vastly more passengers and as I have said before for all the acclaim about Yorkovitches hull design Why was'nt Normandy the faster ship ?
@@scabbycatcat4202 …remember that whilst Normandie had new four-blade screws fitted, the British weren’t sitting idle and put larger items on the ‘Mary’ too. That helped her get faster. Normandie developed 160,000 SHP, but QM developed 210,000 SHP. That alone would account for the difference in speed. Add in the new, bigger quadruple screws on the British ship, and it’s plain to see why she was faster.
What a magnificent creation of man, perhaps the finest looking ship ever built
Richard McCaig ....Her funnels were large because she employed the split uptake design up each side of the ship allowing her to explore the most amazing use of central space in her passenger accomodations. On the other side of the coin, in profile, her funnels stepped down most artfully from bow to stern. When Cunard discovered this innovation was to be used on ‘Normandie’, they employed something similar on ‘Queen Mary’ too...
@Richard McCaig The funnels are the best bit
There's no doubt that the Normandie was one of those ships that had everything exactly right, even to this day she remains a timeless classic!
Seeing the Normandie and Queen Mary side by side the the Queen Mary looks like an ancient design compared to the sleek lines of the Normandie. She really was way ahead of her time.
dave boydell ....you only need to look at Queen Elizabeth 2 from 1968 and Queen Mary 2 from 2004 to realise that. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and Cunard certainly took inspiration from the historic French liner, and that really is saying something considering she was conceived way back in the late 1920’s....CGT themselves looked to ‘Normandie’ for exterior design when ‘France’ launched in 1961..
This ship would have been a beautiful museum if it didn't burn down.
What a lovely film, what a tragic ending. A jewel squandered. To think we still have the Queen Mary, which my father saw launched on the Clyde, but the Normandie lasted barely a few years. My dad always told me that beautiful and ingenious though our own Queen Mary was, France's Normandie was the most exquisite of all the great 30s liners.
I read somewhere that she consumed 40 tonnes of fuel LESS per day than the Queen Mary! I wonder if someone could verify this for me ????
She was more fuel efficient in comparison to the Queen Mary, her hull design and turbo-electric transmission engines resulted in a more pliable propeller system which allowed all propellers to operate at maximum capacity at once rather than 2 outer and 2 inner operating at different rotary speeds which guzzled fuel like cheap table wine, her hull made her power output less required as it sliced through water instead of pushing it which reduced water friction significantly resulting in less fuel being consumed. Although not the most efficient ship at high speeds, bigger always means you will use more, she was by far a better alternative to other liners, she never lost money due to her over-all design being more efficient than that of the traditionally designed ships of the time.
There lies a paradox. For all the supposed advantages of the bulbous bow why was she not the faster ship ? They both had the same approx. power 160000 shp yet the Queen always had just that bit more in reserve.
duncann ....and he’d be right!
Liam Gibson ...she unfortunately did lose money on all her sailings. She was in service officially for a little over 1000 days (June 1935 to August 1939) but sailed barely half that time in truth. She consistently lost money precisely because she was mainly configured for first class patrons whereas QM had a more homely feel and made good on that by being quite successful in comparison.
so artfully beautiful, sleek and graceful. Tragic haunting images
in 1938 the grand SS NORMANDIE arrived during carnival season in Rio, it was an saturday; aboard was mr Shubert, THE BRADOWAY most important taycon of showbiz in NYC; he came among hundreds of others posh americans in a cruise to know Rio and enjoy the SS NORMANDIE beauty, comfort and spaces ; After his arrival, invited by his friend (and carmem admirer and friend as well) the PAA`s most important manager in Brazil, they went to attend an important show at the most important carino in town, in fact Carmem was the most important Brazilian singer of the time and that decade. Carmem Miranda. Singer and great artist from stage and silver screen in Rio was extremelly popular in South America and Brazil, se was a hit at the local "casino da urca" as well.
After a Mr Shubert`s got amazed and astonished with her presentation, he invitated Carmem abord for a dinner in the next day during such dinner, Camen was convinced by her American friend Head directo of PAA and mr Shubert to go to USA, whn she signed her contract to follow to NYC in that same year to act at Bradway as one of mr shubert`s artist...... the rest is known and became a legend of show busines in america and in hollywood. Carmem became a great hit in the US and, as a performer, she dedicated part of her life to the war effort doing shows to soldiers all over the America singing an performing.... After the war is over, she recieved, as others artist in america, a recognition by America Army and white house . She never talked about it because she used to say to her family and friends " it was her duty..."
In the very day when NORMANDIE busrt in flames at new york harbor, when she, sank in the water on its side, Carmem was performing in a local theater, she knew the disaster news and had a serious breakdown, she used to say to all her lover for SS NORMANDIE; she got ill for several days and had to stop her performances for 2 days.
NORMANDIE AND CARMEM MIRANDA ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US BRAZILIAN AND SPECIALLY FOR RIO DE JANEIRians .... WE NEVER FORGOT THAT MARVELOUS SHIP....NEVER.
The best thing to come out of France. (And those 4 color pens and Tina S.) One of the great casualties of that war.
I have about 23 photo's of this stunning ship . My Grandfather & Grandmother sailed on it in 1937 with my mother & aunt . to Le Havre France . I sailed to Le Havre on the new QM2 & kept thinking what it must have been like for my mom . God they just don't make them like this anymore . Even the new QM2 could not hold a candle to this Liner .
Michael Neel ...How’s about uploading these photos so we can see them. Would be wonderful to see a vlog from yourself explaining these to us...
She was beautiful... sadly we lost her then we should have never lost her at all
this ship was the best
Lasbagman: 2.16
An incredible picture! At least ten degree on starboard. This picture can only have been taken during sea trials after the launch.
That's we call a "crash turn test", in order to see how the ship reacts. Amazing. Where did you find that????
Thanks for sharing! She was belíssima!!
Hi, great video, I have one question, I don´t know if you Know de answer, but I could Know what is the height of the ship, I've readen in a old magazine that the total height between the keel and the top of the first funnel was 56 metres, but in other place I found 55,2 metres, but I'm not sure in both of them, can you resolve my problem? For me the total height of the ship it can be like 54,1 metres, but this it's an aproximation of me. I'm looking for your answer
The Normandie was a beautiful lady, So, who was the most beautiful woman to have ever sailed on the Normandie ?
Hillary RodHAM Clinton
Marlene Dietrich was one, Collette was another and Josephine Baker did too. I believe Carmen Miranda did as well. No doubt many screen starlets of the time did, but they’re the ladies I know of that I can name...
She was too beautiful to have a long life...and paid the price for her beauty. Just a moment in time we will never forget but always be in love with....!
Mr Lasbagman,
can I dowload this SS Normandie Extended version for an Exhibition?
this will complete our video presentation on tourism, great epoch of cruise ships .
Thank you very much for allowing video The Fabled Cruise.
yes, Emily go ahead.
Normandie was floating palace on the sea. Design of interiors, hull was revolutionary in her period. But one thing.. I dont like her 1st class dinning room. Dinnig room looks like as modern chappel.
+OlympicWS Well,I presume there were people who had gastronomy for religion...
OlympicWS Not this dinning room is epic!!!!
Her dining saloon was legendary my friend. Almost as long as the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles and furnished in lavish red and gold with Lalique glass chandeliers and towers. It was also air-conditioned. Given the French worship their gastronomy, then yes, it was indeed a chapel to fine dining, which the French are justifiably famous for. That was an enormous room, and off to the sides hidden away were secluded spaces where one could dine in splendid privacy. A magnificent temple to fine French cuisine indeed!
I wonder what happened to all her interiors and furnishings, which were stripped before the fire. There were huge Lalique masterpieces among those, I doubt it was thrown away...
Would you mind adding music credits to your videos? I really like the pieces you use, especially the one in the shorter video for Normandie.
There is still the Queen Mary 2 crossing the Atlantic in 7 nights, and built in the same shipyard as Normandie. Of course, she's nowhere near as luxurious, but you still get a taste of the ocean liner experience.
A lot of it still exists, The Jean Dupas panels from her lounge are in the Metropolitan Museum of art in New york, There's also Lalique glasses and decanters constantly coming up for sale at wartski and Sotheby's. Also, a lot of other furnishings from Normandie went find new places on the CGT's newer liners, the enormous hand woven rug from Normandie's Grande Salon went onto be in the S.S. Liberte's lounge along with furniture from staterooms. Even the 2 bronze statues from Normandie (Smoking room and dining room), One resides in the entrance to Pine Lawn Memorial Park (a cemetery in Fremingdale Long Island), and the second statue along with the panels depicting Egyptian work and produce, are now on the M.V Celebrity Summit as of 2012.
Liam Gibson the whistle was moved and restored and theirs a couple video of it on UA-cam
+Liam Gibson wow--thank you--so a little bit of her is still with us gracing the world!!
Marvelous! What a liner, what's the song? Thank you
Ever find out the name of the song?
Risti The first song is called all the things you are- I don’t know this particular arrangement.
Much thnx...
This is like a funneled version of modern ships
Modern cruise ships have balcony cabins in superstructure.
Old ocean liners had porthole cabins in the hull.
Stunning lookin thing.
i really want someone to build ocean liners
not cruise ships,ocean liners PLEASE
WE DONT WANT THAT SWİMMİNG HOTELS
Vito Corleone nice photo
Someone already did and you can sail on her now. The Queen Mary 2 is actually a legitimate ocean liner and the only modern liner currently sailing the North Atlantic in the true Cunard tradition....
Best design 👍👍👍👍
Vive...MIle. Normandie!
Un magnifique paquebot ! Le Titanic est du bas de gamme comparer à lui. Vive la France !
If I had six arms as an indian god,I would give six likes with my six index fingers.Except for the end, but it is not your fault.
Was ss normandie larger than rms titanic by size and weight?!
steven chung Much larger than RMS Titanic. 46,000 vs. 79,000 tonnes
R. Crompton ...She actually ended up registering at a little over 83,000 GRT as the French found out what Cunard’s final figure was for QM before her 1936 launch and refitted Normandie with a new tourist class lounge on her aft superstructure and other detail improvements and rooms allowing Normandie to keep the title of the worlds largest ship...
Titanic was 882.5 feet long. Normandie was the first ship to exceed 1000 feet measuring 1029 feet long.
SS Normandie was larger than Titanic. Don’t forget that RMS Titanic was a 1900s generation of Ocean Liner.
what is this ship called
This was the the legendary SS Normandie . She was in service from 1935 to 1939 and caught fire at her pier while she was under going conversion to a troop ship.
how majestic i am
I got on it the day it the day it was towed to dry dock on guard duty they issued us rat traps for being under the mud I hit one with a piece of pipe they made a joke of it saying who caught the biggest would get a12 hour liberty this is only one part