SS L'Atlantique was a French liner owned by the Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique, a subsidiary of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). When completed in 1931 she was the largest, swiftest, and most luxurious liner on the route between Europe and South America.
Her career was cut short by a fire in 1933 that gutted much of the ship and killed 19 of her crew. She was scrapped in Scotland in 1936.
Building
Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët built L'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire. Her keel was laid on 28 November 1928.[1] She was launched on 15 April 1930 and completed on 7 September 1931.[2]
The ship's length overall was 733 ft, and because of the shallowness of the Río de la Plata she was given a draught of only 29.5 ft and unusually broad beam of 92 ft.[1] Unusual for her time, she was designed with very little