SS Lafayette Archival Collection
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- Lafayette (1915) French Line Ship's History (Brief)
- Lafayette (1930) French Line Ship's History (Brief)
- Passenger Lists
- Brochures
- Sailing Schedules
- Title Pages
- Senior Officers and Staff
- Route Maps, Track Charts, Abstract of Logs
- Back Cover Images
- Photographs
- Services
- Fleet List
- Books Referencing the SS Lafayette
Lafayette (1915) French Line
Built by Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence, Port Bouc, France. Tonnage: 11,953. Dimensions: 546' x 64'. Propulsion: Quadruple expansion engines and steam turbines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and two funnels. During trials made 18.9 knots. Passengers: 336 first, 110 second, 90 third. Maiden voyage: Bordeaux- New York, November 3, 1915. War Service: Converted to hospital ship in 1916. Post-War Service: Transferred to West Indies service after First World War. Renamed: Mexique (1928). Fate: Sunk by a mine in the Gironde, June 19, 1940.
Lafayette (1930) French Line
Built by Chantiers de Penhoet, St. Nazaire, France. Tonnage: 25,178. Dimensions: 577' x 77' (613' o.l.). Propulsion: Quadruple-screw, 18 knots. Motorship. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and one funnel. Launched: May 9, 1929. Maiden voyage: Havre-Plymouth- New York, May 17, 1930. Passengers: 591 cabin, 334 tourist, 142 third. Fate: Destroyed by fire while in drydock at Havre, May 5, 1938. The burned out hulk was dismantled at Rotterdam.
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1922-08-05 SS Lafayette Passenger List
Steamship Line: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique / French Line (CGT)
Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 5 August 1922
Route: Le Havre to New York
Commander: Captain Victor Brevet, Knight of the Legion of Honor
1922-09-16 SS Lafayette Passenger List
Steamship Line: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique CGT - French Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 16 September 1922
Route: Le Havre to New York via Plymouth
Commander: Captain Victor Brevet
Notable Passengers: Jacques Cartier (and entourage) of the French luxury jeweler and watch manufacturer Cartier.
Récapitulation: 267 First Class, 111 Second Class , 45 Third Class, 423 Total Passengers.
1931-09-10 SS Lafayette Passenger List
Steamship Line: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique CGT - French Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 10 September 1931
Route: New York to Le Havre via Plymouth
Commander: Captain Luc de Malglaive
Récapitulation: 260 Cabin, 96 Tourist Class, 86 Third Class, 442 Total Passengers.
1936-06-17 SS Lafayette Passenger List
Steamship Line: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique CGT - French Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist
Route: Le Havre to New York via Southampton
Commander: Captain William Vogel
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Third Class on the French Line - 1938
The Normandie, Ile de France, Paris, Champlain and Lafayette combine economy and efficiency in fulfilling the most discriminating requirements. Their Third Class accommodations cannot help but bring you all satisfaction.
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Sailing Schedule, Le Havre-Southampton-New York and New York-Plymouth-Le Havre, from 24 July 1935 to 16 November 1935. Ships Included The Champlain, Ile de France, Lafayette, and Normandie. SS Normandie Passenger List 24 July 1935. GGA Image ID # 1f37c3f874
Sailing Schedule, Le Havre-New York, from 30 June 1937 to 5 February 1938. Ships Included the Champlain, De Grasse, Ile de France, Lafayette, Normandie, and Paris. SS Ile de France Tourist Class Passenger List, 21 July 1937. GGA Image ID # 211808e78e
Sailing Schedule, Le Havre-Southampton-NewYork and New York-Plymouth or Southampton-Le Havre, from 25 September 1937 to 31 December 1937. Ships Included the Champlain, Ile de France, Lafayette, and Normandie. CGT French Line SS Normandie Third Class Passenger List - 25 September 1937. GGA Image ID # 20b1af42d5
CGT French Line Winter and Spring Cruises 1937-1938. Ships Included the Champlain, Ile de France, Lafayette, and Paris. SS Normandie Third Class Passenger List - 25 September 1937. GGA Image ID # 20b1e61280
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Title Page and Listing of Senior Officers and Staff, SS Lafayette First and Second Cabin Passenger List, 5 August 1922. GGA Image ID # 21336b4ec9
Title Page, SS Lafayette Cabin Passenger List, 16 September 1922. GGA Image ID # 211b21fe80
Title Page With Listing of Senior Officers and Staff, SS Lafayette Tourist Passenger List, 17 June 1936. GGA Image ID # 211b3ccdfb
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List of Senior Officers and Staff, SS Lafayette Cabin Passenger List, 16 September 1922. GGA Image ID # 211bd53be8
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Back Cover with Route Map of the French Line, SS Lafayette First and Second Cabin Passenger List, 5 August 1922. GGA Image ID # 2134ac9281
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Back Cover, Passenger List, SS Lafayette, CGT French Line, September 1922. GGA Image ID # 1da8b96443
Back Cover, SS Lafayette Cabin Passenger List, 10 September 1931. GGA Image ID # 211affb244
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SS Lafayette (1915) First Class Cabin Deluxe, 1920s. GGA Image ID # 211bd6e071
SS Lafayette (1915) First Class Conversation Lounge, Postally Used May 1926. GGA Image ID # 211bea3400
SS Lafayette (1915) First Class Gallery, 1920s. GGA Image ID # 211c91c49d
SS Lafayette (1915) First Class Lounge, 1920s. GGA Image ID # 211ccd8848
SS Lafayette (1915) First Class Promenade Bridge, 1920s. GGA Image ID # 211cdb9c65
SS Lafayette (1915) First Class Promenade Deck, 1920s. GGA Image ID # 211d0ad985
SS Lafayette (1915) Looking Aft from Navigation Bridge Along Boat Deck - "Le Sun Deck," 1920s. GGA Image ID # 211da63629
SS Lafayette (1915) Second Class Drawing Room, 1920s. GGA Image ID # 211dbd2487
The SS Lafayette of the CGT-French Line. Third Class on the French Line, 1938. GGA Image ID # 11a68d0989
The Spacious Dining Room in Which All Tastes Are Catered to with Smiling Service. SS Lafayette. Third Class on the French Line, 1938. GGA Image ID # 11a6f6e0bc
Well Ventilated Two-Berth Cabin on the SS Lafayette. Third Class on the French Line, 1938. GGA Image ID # 11a78795f8
The Third Class Lounge on the SS Lafayette is Light and Comfortable. Third Class on the French Line, 1938. GGA Image ID # 11a7f121f0
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High Speed Postal Service, Paris-Le Havre-New York, by the Four-Propeller Fast Liner SS Lafayette, 1922. SS Lafayette First and Second Cabin Passenger List, 5 August 1922. GGA Image ID # 2132dfa433
Service to the Mediterranian and Morocco, 1922. SS Lafayette First and Second Cabin Passenger List, 5 August 1922. GGA Image ID # 213302aedb
Service to the Antilles, 1922. SS Lafayette First and Second Cabin Passenger List, 5 August 1922. GGA Image ID # 21335e87e5
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Fleet List, SS Lafayette First and Second Cabin Passenger List, 5 August 1922. GGA Image ID # 2133c77218
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Doomed Ships: Great Ocean Liner Disasters
Naval historian William H. Miller, Jr. recounts the dramatic stories behind various ill-fated passenger ships. He takes readers beyond the newspaper headlines and formal inquiries, offering firsthand accounts of heroic rescues, daring escapes, and tragic losses.
Era of the Passenger Liner - 1992
The Gilded Era comes back to life as the reader relives the careers of stately ships and express greyhounds from immigrant ships to floating palaces. Scarce, large format book containing 288pp. Features photographs, statistics, and background of 280 passenger liners, each with a picture.
Here is the story of twentieth-century passenger shipping, from the first of the superliners — the German Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse — to Cunard's Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary, right up to Queen Elizabeth 2.
The First Great Ocean Liners in Photographs - 1983
Sumptuous volume recalls the glorious early years of elegant transatlantic travel. Over 190 historic photographs depict exterior and interior views of 101 great ocean liners, including the Virginian, Imperator, Vaterland, Bismarck, Lusitania, Mauretania, Balmoral Castle, Titanic, Olympic, Aquitania and dozens more. Full captions.
The Great Liners: The Seafarers, Volume 4
A history of the world's famous luxury liners provides portraits of the ships. It examines such great disasters as the sinking of the Titanic. This edition explores the grand hotels that traversed the Atlantic between 1840 and 1930.
Great Passenger Ships of the World 1913-1923
The period 1913-1923 is dealt with in this second volume. Although it was only a decade, it was one of the most turbulent passenger ships in history. Competition to produce ever-larger vessels declined between leading North Atlantic shipping companies. For 20 years, the ships of the Imperator Class were the largest in the world.
Great Passenger Ships of the World 1924-1935
Volume 3 in the series covers the years 1924-1935 and includes the introduction of the well-known superliners Normandie and Queen Mary, both of which successfully competed for the prestigious Blue Riband award for the fastest transatlantic crossing.
Leviathan: "The World's Greatest Ship" Volume 2
Volume 2 picks up the LEVIATHAN saga during her monumental conversion from a troop ship to a luxury liner and carries the ship’s tempestuous life up through her first round trip as a U.S. express liner. The book finishes with the SS Leviathan's triumphant return to the Atlantic.
Majesty at Sea: The Four Stackers
The opulent and luxurious four-funnel passenger liners, of which only fourteen have ever been built, are unsurpassed in maritime history. Built between 1897 and 1921, these great vessels vied with each other in their standards of comfort, spaciousness, and speed, and great was the rivalry between their owners.
North Atlantic Passenger Liners Since 1900
Material about the most prominent steamship companies on the Atlantic Ferry today and those that have been there for some time. Some Lines have diverse services to other oceans, seas, and continents.
This book recreates the ambiance of the ocean linereraby showing the actual objects used on board. Each piece of ocean-liner memorabilia is like an aladdin's lamp, releasing wondrous memories of that grand style of travel.
Ocean Liners - Precursors, Apotheosis, Post War
Ocean Liners is a detailed look at nearly fifty fabulous ships that have provided pleasure, practicality, and fascination since the beginning of the century.
Ocean Steamers: A History of Ocean-Going Passenger Steamships 1820-1970
A history of the steam-powered passenger ship that details its story from the SS Savannah of 1819 to the SS Hamburg of 1969. It contains historical details of all civilian vessels built in the intervening years, with numerous illustrations and previously unpublished material.
Passenger Liners of the World Since 1893
The author here takes a nostalgic look back to the heyday of the passenger ship, providing a brief history of 211 ships of over 10,000 tons, together with specifications and technical details of each.
Passenger Ships of the World - 1963
Passenger Ships of the World, 1963, represents an incredible resource covering passenger ships that are Trans-Atlantic, Trans-Pacific, Trans-Pacific via Panama Canal, Latin American, Africa and the Eastern Oceans, and California-Hawaii.
Pictorial Encyclopedia of Ocean Liners, 1860-1994
One of the most comprehensive pictorial references on ocean liners ever published, this superb chronicle by noted maritime historian William H. Miller, Jr., depicts and describes virtually every passenger ship of over 15,000 tons built between 1860 and the late 1900s.
Picture History of the French Line - 1997
This impressive pictorial reference, by noted maritime historian William H. Miller, Jr., includes a wealth of vintage photographs celebrating the legendary French Line.
Sway of the Grand Saloon: A Social History of the North Atlantic
History of the ocean liners of the North Atlantic crossings. A comprehensive history of Trans-Atlantic passenger ships covering 1818 - 1968, with 55 b/w illustrations, photos, and drawings.
The Art of French Ocean Liners: The Triumph of Art Deco
Embark as if you were there, on the liners France, Normandie, Paria, Liberie', Champollion, Aramio, André Lebon, Antilleo, or Ile-de-France, and share the daily lives of the passengers, but also that of all those who work in behind the scenes so that each crossing is an unforgettable dream.
THE ATLANTIC LINERS will be cherished by all the millions of Americans who love the sea. Frederick Emmons sketches the histories of every ocean liner that sailed between the United States and Europe between 1925 and 1970.
Tourist Third Cabin: Steamship Travel in the Interwar Years
Ocean Liners and New Vistas of Interwar Society From Immigrants to Tourists. The Changing Complexion of Translatlantic Passengers as The Soul of a Ship. Experience and Life of Below-Deck Personnel Traveling Palace or Floating Sweatshop. The Experience of Women Seafarers Projecting an Image: The Allure of MTransatlantic Travel.
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