List of ships of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
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 | GRT | Fate | Notes | Image |
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| Abd el-Kader (fr) | 1880 | 1880-1922 | Liner | 312 ft. | 33.6 ft. | 1,579 GRT | Scrapped 1922 | ||
| Administrateur en Chef Thomas | 1943 | 1945-1948 | Cargo | 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 | 1881-1901 | Liner | 246 ft. | 30.2 ft. | 1,072 GRT | Scrapped 1911 | First of eight sister ships sold to CGT 1880. Renamed Afrika 1901. | |
| Ajaccio | 1872 | 1881-1900 | Liner | 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 | 1931-1954 | Cargo | 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 | 1922-1939 | Cargo | 413.3 ft. | 55 ft. | 5,398 GRT | Sunk 1939. | Collided with English freighter Dotterell, 14 Nov 1939. | |
| Alexandre Bixio | 1880 | 1880-1905 | Cargo | 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 | 1876-1905 | Collier | 229.9 ft. | 31.2 ft. | 767 GRT | Sold 1905 | Sold to Italy, renamed Aquila, then Luigino. No record after 1917. | |
| Amérique | 1865 | 1873–95 | Liner | 393.7 ft. | 43.9 ft. | 3,801 GRT | Total loss 1895 | Stranded at the mouth of the Magdalma, 28 Jan 1895 | |
| Angoulême | 1919 | 1940 | Cargo | 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 | 1913-1937 | Liner | 278.9 ft. | 38 ft. | 2,073 GRT | Scrapped 1937 | Commissioned with white hull but also depicted in black. | |
| Antilles | 1952 | 1953–71 | Ocean liner | 568.3 ft. | 80 ft. | 19,828 GRT | Wrecked 1971 | Sister of Flandre. | 
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| Arcadia | 1909 | 1909-1934 | Cargo | 314.2 ft. | 43.9 ft. | 3,108 GRT | Scrapped 1934 | Formerly Basse-Terre. Converted to refrigerated ship 1913. | |
| Ardeche | 1890 | 1915–25 | Cargo | 314.2 ft. | 42 ft. | 2,770 GRT | Scrapped 1925 | Formerly Maurechal Lyatey. Served African coastal route. | |
| Ardennes | 1920 | 1922–38 | Cargo | 311.7 ft. | 43.5 ft. | 2,274 GRT | Sold 1938 | Purchased 1922. Later sold to Hong Kong 1950, scrapped 1963. | |
| Argentan | 1943 | 1946–54 | Cargo | 416 ft. | 56.9 ft. | 7,176 GRT | Ceded 1954 | Liberty ship built as Gabriel Franchere. Scrapped 1971. | |
| Arica | 1921 | 1921–42 | Cargo | 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 | 1935-1938 | Cargo | 311.7 ft. | 43.5 ft. | 2,274 GRT | Sold 1938 | Sold to Turkey 1950. Scrapped 1975. | |
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| 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 | |||||||||
| Champlain | 1931 | 1932-1940 | Ocean liner | 641 ft. | 82 ft. | 28,124 GRT | Sunk 1940 | ||
| Champlain | |||||||||
| Charles-Quint | |||||||||
| Charles-Roux | |||||||||
| Chicago | |||||||||
| Colombie | |||||||||
| Colombie | 1931 | 1931-1940,
1946-1964 |
Ocean liner | 520 ft. | 66 ft. | Sold to Typaldos Lines in 1964. Scrapped in 1974 |
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| Commandant-Quéré | |||||||||
| Comte-de Nice | |||||||||
| Corse | |||||||||
| Cuba | |||||||||
| Cyrnos | |||||||||
| Darrien | |||||||||
| Duc de Bragance | |||||||||
| Duc d'Aumale | |||||||||
| De La Salle | |||||||||
| De Grasse | 1924 | 1924-1940, 1947-1953 | Ocean liner | 552.1 ft. | 71.4 ft. | 17,759 GRT (1924) 18,359 GRT (1932), 18,435 GRT (1947) | Scrapped 1962 | ||
| De Grasse | 1956 | 1971-1973 | Ocean liner | 578.3 ft. | 72.2 ft. | 18,739 GRT | Sold in 1973, later burned out and capsized in 1980. | Purchased from Norwegian America Line | |
| Espagne | 1909 | 1910-1932 | Ocean liner | 537 ft. 8 in. | 60 ft. 8 in. | 11,155 GRT | Scrapped 1934 | 
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| Eugène-Péreire | |||||||||
| Europe | |||||||||
| Ferdinand-de-Lesseps | |||||||||
| Figuig | 1903 | 1921-1934 | Ocean liner | 350 ft. | 45.2 ft. | 3,655 GRT | Scrapped 1934 | 
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| Flandre | |||||||||
| Flandre | 1951 | 1952-1967 | Ocean liner | 581.6 ft. | 80.2 ft. | 20,469 GRT | Destroyed by fire 1994 | Sister of Antilles. | 
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| Floride | |||||||||
| Fournel | |||||||||
| France | |||||||||
| France | 1910 | 1912-1935 | Ocean liner | 711 ft. 11 in. | 75.6 ft. | 23,666 GRT (1912), 23,769 GRT (1924) | Scrapped 1936 | Only French four-funnel liner | |
| France | 1960 | 1962-1974 | Ocean liner | 1,035 ft. 8 in. | 110 ft. 7 in. | 66,343 GRT | Scrapped 2008 | Later 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' | |||||||||
| Grandcamp | |||||||||
| Guadeloupe | |||||||||
| Guadeloupe | |||||||||
| Guadeloupe | |||||||||
| Guyane | 1955 | 7,062 GRT | Sold 1977 | ||||||
| Haïti | 1914 | 1914-1951 | Liner | 6,288 GRT | Scrapped 1951 | Renamed Marrakech scrapped 1951 | |||
| Île de France | 1927 | 1927-1959 | Ocean liner | 791 ft. | 91 ft. | 43,153 GRT | Scrapped 1959 | Partially sunk for the 1960 film The Last Voyage | .jpg)
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| Illinois | 1917 | 1926-1934 | Cargo | 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 | |||||||||
| La Bourgogne | 1885 | ||||||||
| La Bretagne | 1885 | ||||||||
| La Champagne (fr) | |||||||||
| La Corse | |||||||||
| La Dives | |||||||||
| La Gascogne (fr) | |||||||||
| La Lorraine (fr) | |||||||||
| La Navarre | 1892 | 1893-1924 | Ocean liner | 471 ft. | 50.5 ft. | 6,648 GRT | Scrapped 1925 | ||
| La Provence | 1905 | ||||||||
| La Savoie (fr) | |||||||||
| La Touraine | 1890 | ||||||||
| Labrador | |||||||||
| Lafayette | |||||||||
| Lafayette (1911) | |||||||||
| Lafayette (fr) | 1929 | ||||||||
| Lamoricière | |||||||||
| Le Calvados | 1890 | ||||||||
| Liberté | 1928 | 1950-1962 | Ocean liner | 936.7 ft. | 101.7 ft. | 49,746 GRT | Scrapped 1963 | Awarded from Germany as war prize | 
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| Lieutenant J Le Meur | 1943 | ||||||||
| Lou Cettori | |||||||||
| Louisiane | |||||||||
| Macoris | |||||||||
| Malvina | |||||||||
| Maréchal Bugeaud | |||||||||
| Maréchal Canrobert | |||||||||
| Maroc | |||||||||
| Marrakech | |||||||||
| Martinique | |||||||||
| Martinique | 1883 | 1903-1931 | Ocean liner | 380.5 ft. | 48 ft. 2 in. | 4,241 GRT | Scrapped 1932 | 
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| Méditerranée | |||||||||
| Meknès | |||||||||
| Mexique | 1914 | ||||||||
| Minotaure | 1918 | ||||||||
| Mohamed Es Sadock | |||||||||
| Moïse | |||||||||
| Mont-Blanc | 1899 | 1915-1917 | Cargo ship | 320 ft. | 44.8 ft. | 3,279 GRT | Destroyed by ammunition explosion, 1917 | ||
| Montreal | |||||||||
| Napoléon | |||||||||
| Napoléon III | 1865 | ||||||||
| Niagara (fr) | |||||||||
| Normandie | 1932 | 1935-1939 | Liner | 962 ft. | 35.9 ft. | 79,280 GRT later 83,423 GRT | Total loss 1942 | Burned and capsized at the dockside during troopship conversion | 
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| Nouveau Monde | |||||||||
| Olinde Rodrigues | |||||||||
| Oregon | |||||||||
| Oudjda | |||||||||
| Panama | |||||||||
| Paris | 1916 | 1921-1939 | Liner | 768 ft. | 85 ft. | 34,569 GRT | Burned out and capsized in 1939, scrapped in 1947. | Her derelict wrecked caused Liberte to sink after she broke her moorings and collided with the wreck of Paris |
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| Pellerin de Latouche | |||||||||
| Pensylvanie | 1917 | ||||||||
| Péreire | |||||||||
| Pérou | |||||||||
| Pologne | |||||||||
| Présiident Dal Piaz | |||||||||
| Puerto Rico | |||||||||
| Québec | |||||||||
| Rochambeau | 1911 | ||||||||
| Roussillon | |||||||||
| Saint-Augustin | |||||||||
| Saint-Domingue | |||||||||
| Saint-Domingue | |||||||||
| Saint-Germain | |||||||||
| Saint-Laurent | 1866 | ||||||||
| Saint-Raphaël | |||||||||
| Saint-Simon | |||||||||
| Salvador | |||||||||
| Sampiero Corso | |||||||||
| Savoie II | |||||||||
| Suffren | 1901 | ||||||||
| Tampico | |||||||||
| Timgad | |||||||||
| Titan | 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) | |||||||||
| Ville du Havre | 1865 | ||||||||
| Volubilis | |||||||||
| Washington (fr) |
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