List of ships of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique explained

This is a list of ships owned by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, commonly known as the French Line.

Name Built CGT service Type Length Beam Fate Notes Image
Abd el-Kader (fr) 1880 1880-1922Liner 312 ft. 33.6 ft. 1,579 GRT Scrapped 1922
Administrateur en Chef Thomas 1943 1945-1948Cargo 423.9 ft. 56 ft. 7,049 GRT Total loss 1950 Ran aground on Goodwin Sands and broke in two on December 23, 1950.
Afrique 1872 1881-1901Liner 246 ft. 30.2 ft. 1,072 GRT Scrapped 1911 First of eight sister ships sold to CGT 1880. Renamed Afrika 1901.
Ajaccio 1872 1881-1900Liner 246 ft. 30.2 ft. 1,084 GRT Total loss 1900 Sister of Afrique. Ran aground at Marseilles and capsized, 25 Jan 1901
Alabama 1931 1931-1954Cargo 424.5 ft. 54.8 ft. 5,645 GRT Scrapped 1960. Taken by Nazis 1940. Sold to Hong Kong 1954, renamed Ocean Trader.
Alaska 1922 1922-1939Cargo 413.3 ft. 55 ft. 5,398 GRT Sunk 1939. Collided with English freighter Dotterell, 14 Nov 1939.
Alexandre Bixio 1880 1880-1905Cargo 300 ft. 36 ft. 1,934 GRT Total loss 1905 Ran aground at the mouth of the Loire, 24 Jan 1905. No casualties.
Alice 1872 1876-1905229.9 ft. 31.2 ft. 767 GRT Sold 1905 Sold to Italy, renamed Aquila, then Luigino. No record after 1917.
Amérique 1865 1873–95Liner 393.7 ft. 43.9 ft. 3,801 GRT Total loss 1895 Stranded at the mouth of the Magdalma, 28 Jan 1895
Angoulême 1919 1940Cargo 250.9 ft. 43.5 ft.2,451 GRT Ceded 1948 Blocked at Panama Canal 1940, sent to New Orleans. Ceded to Italy 1948
Antilles (fr) 1913 1913-1937Liner 278.9 ft. 38 ft. 2,073 GRT Scrapped 1937 Commissioned with white hull but also depicted in black.
19521953–71Ocean liner568.3 ft.80 ft.19,828 GRTWrecked 1971Sister of Flandre.
Arcadia 1909 1909-1934Cargo 314.2 ft. 43.9 ft. 3,108 GRT Scrapped 1934 Formerly Basse-Terre. Converted to refrigerated ship 1913.
Ardeche 1890 1915–25Cargo 314.2 ft. 42 ft. 2,770 GRT Scrapped 1925 Formerly Maurechal Lyatey. Served African coastal route.
Ardennes 1920 1922–38Cargo 311.7 ft. 43.5 ft. 2,274 GRT Sold 1938 Purchased 1922. Later sold to Hong Kong 1950, scrapped 1963.
Argentan 1943 1946–54Cargo 416 ft. 56.9 ft. 7,176 GRT Ceded 1954 Liberty ship built as Gabriel Franchere. Scrapped 1971.
Arica 1921 1921–42Cargo 425 ft. 54.8 ft. 5,390 GRT Sunk 1942 Seized 1941, torpedoed and sunk by the German sub U-160 on November 6, 1942.
Ariege 1920 1935-1938Cargo 311.7 ft. 43.5 ft. 2,274 GRT Sold 1938 Sold to Turkey 1950. Scrapped 1975.
Arizona
Arkansas
Athlete
Atlantic Champagne
Atlantique
Atlantic Cognac
Atlas
Aube
Aunis
Auray
Auvergne
Avranches
Avreyon
Azemmour
Balata
Balata
Baltique
Barfleur
Barracuda
Basse-Terre
Basse-Terre
Bastia
Bayeaux
Beauvais
Belain D'Esnambuc
Bernard
Bernieres
Biskra
Bonifacio
Bordeaux
Borodine
Bou-Regreg
Bresle
Brest
Bretagne
Cacique
Cacique
Caldera
Calendonien
Californie
Canada
Cambronne
Canche
Cantal
Cap-Pinede
Capitaine Coullon
Capitaine Winckler
Caracoli
Caraïbe
Caraïbe
Caraïbe
Caravelle
Caravelle
Caravelle
Carbet
Carbet
Carimare
Caroline
Carthage
Cassidaigne
Cavalier de la Salle
19311932-1940Ocean liner641 ft.82 ft.28,124 GRTSunk 1940
Champlain
Charles-Quint
Charles-Roux
Chicago
Colombie
Colombie
Commandant-Quéré
Comte-de Nice
Cuba
Cyrnos
Darrien
Duc de Bragance
Duc d'Aumale
De La Salle
19241924-1940, 1947-1953Ocean liner552.1 ft.71.4 ft.17,759 GRT (1924) 18,359 GRT (1932), 18,435 GRT (1947)Scrapped 1962
De Grasse
19091910-1932Ocean liner537 ft. 8 in.60 ft. 8 in.11,155 GRTScrapped 1934
Eugène-Péreire
Europe
Ferdinand-de-Lesseps
Figuig19031921-1934Ocean liner350 ft.45.2 ft.3,655 GRTScrapped 1934
Flandre
Flandre19511952-1967Ocean liner581.6 ft.80.2 ft.20,469 GRTDestroyed by fire 1994Sister of Antilles.
Floride
Fournel
France
France19101912-1935Ocean liner711 ft. 11 in.75.6 ft.23,666 GRT (1912), 23,769 GRT (1924)Scrapped 1936Only French four-funnel liner
France19601962-1974Ocean liner1,035 ft. 8 in.110 ft. 7 in.66,343 GRTScrapped 2008Later SS Norway of Norwegian Cruise Line
Fred-Scamaroni
Fred-Scamaroni
Frédéric-Frank
Gascogne
Général Chanzy (fr)
Gouverneur Général Chanzy
Gouverneur Général De Gueydon
Gouverneur Général Grévy
Gouverneur Général Jonnart'
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe
Guyane 1955 7,062 GRT Sold 1977
Haïti 1914 1914-1951Liner 6,288 GRT Scrapped 1951 Renamed Marrakech scrapped 1951
19271927-1959Ocean liner791 ft.91 ft.43,153 GRTScrapped 1959Partially sunk for the 1960 film The Last Voyage
1917 1926-1934Cargo 400.3 ft 51.6 ft 5,911 GRT Sunk 1940 Torpedoed and sunk by U-122, June 1940
Impératrice Eugenie
Ingenieur Général Harbleicher
Isaac-Pereire
Kléber
L'Aquitaine
Le Bourdonnais
1885
1885
La Champagne (fr)
La Corse
La Dives
La Gascogne (fr)
La Lorraine (fr)
La Navarre18921893-1924Ocean liner471 ft.50.5 ft.6,648 GRTScrapped 1925
1905
La Savoie (fr)
1890
Labrador
Lafayette
Lafayette (fr) 1929
Lamoricière
1890
Liberté19281950-1962Ocean liner936.7 ft.101.7 ft.49,746 GRTScrapped 1963Awarded from Germany as war prize
1943
Lou Cettori
Louisiane
Macoris
Malvina
Maréchal Bugeaud
Maréchal Canrobert
Maroc
Marrakech
Martinique
Martinique18831903-1931Ocean liner380.5 ft.48 ft. 2 in.4,241 GRTScrapped 1932
Méditerranée
Meknès
1914
1918
Mohamed Es Sadock
Moïse
18991915-1917Cargo ship320 ft.44.8 ft.3,279 GRTDestroyed by ammunition explosion, 1917
Montreal
Napoléon
Napoléon III1865
Niagara (fr)
19321935-1939Liner962 ft.35.9 ft.79,280 GRT later 83,423 GRTTotal loss 1942Burned and capsized at the dockside during troopship conversion
Nouveau Monde
Olinde Rodrigues
Oregon
Oudjda
Panama
1916
Pellerin de Latouche
1917
Péreire
Pérou
Pologne
Présiident Dal Piaz
Puerto Rico
Québec
1911
Roussillon
Saint-Augustin
Saint-Domingue
Saint-Domingue
Saint-Germain
1866
Saint-Raphaël
Saint-Simon
Salvador
Sampiero Corso
1901
Tampico
Timgad
1889
Utah
Vénézuela
Vénézuela
Vera Cruz
Versailles
Ville d'Ajaccio
Ville d'Alger
Ville D'Alger
Ville d'Oran
Ville d'Oran
Ville de Barcelone
Ville De Bône
Ville de Bordeaux
Ville de Bordeaux
Ville de Brest
Ville de Madrid
Ville de Marseille
Ville de Marseille
Ville de Mostaganem
Ville de Naples
Ville de Paris
Ville de Rome
Ville de Saint-Nazaire (fr)
Ville de Sfax
Ville de Tanger
Ville de Tunis
Ville de Tunis (fr)
1865
Volubilis
Washington (fr)

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