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
Abd el-Kader (fr) 1880 1880-1922 Ocean liner 312 ft. 33.6 ft. 1,579 GRT Scrapped 1922
Administrateur en Chef Thomas 1943 1945-1948 Cargo ship 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 Ocean 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 Ocean 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 ship 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 ship 413.3 ft. 55 ft. 5,398 GRT Sunk 1939. Collided with English freighter Dotterell, 14 Nov 1939.
Alexandre Bixio 1880 1880-1905 Cargo ship 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 1873–1895 Ocean 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 1940-1948 Cargo ship 250.9 ft. 43.5 ft. 2,451 GRT Ceded 1948 Blocked at Panama Canal 1940, sent to New Orleans. Ceded to Italy 1948
Anjou 1968 1968-1980 Cargo ship 494.2 ft. 8,718 GRT Scrapped in 1986 Sold to Greece in 1980
Antilles (fr) 1913 1913-1937 Ocean 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.
Arcadia 1909 1909-1934 Cargo ship 314.2 ft. 43.9 ft. 3,108 GRT Scrapped 1934 Formerly Basse-Terre. Converted to refrigerated ship 1913.
Ardeche 1890 1915–25 Cargo ship 314.2 ft. 42 ft. 2,770 GRT Scrapped 1925 Formerly Maurechal Lyatey. Served African coastal route.
Ardennes 1920 1922–38 Cargo ship 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 ship 416 ft. 56.9 ft. 7,176 GRT Ceded 1954 Liberty ship built as Gabriel Franchere. Scrapped 1971.
Arica 1921 1921–42 Cargo ship 425 ft. 54.8 ft. 5,390 GRT Sunk 1942 Seized 1941, torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-160 on November 6, 1942.
Ariege 1920 1935-1938 Cargo ship 311.7 ft. 43.5 ft. 2,274 GRT Sold 1938 Sold to Turkey 1950. Scrapped 1975.
Arizona
Arkansas
Athlete
Atlantic Champagne Container ship
Atlantique
Atlantic Cognac Container ship
Atlas
Aube
Aunis
Auray
Auvergne 1968 1968–1979 Cargo ship 494.2 ft. 8,718 GRT Scrapped in 1987 Sold to Greece in 1979 and renamed Panaghia P
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 (fr) 1922 1936-1939 Ocean liner 450.1 ft. 59.2 ft. 10,171 GRT Torpedoed and sunk 1939 Purchased from Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd
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 1974 1974-1977 68,705 GRT
Charles-Quint
Charles-Roux
Chicago
Colombie
Colombie 1931 1931-1940, 1946-1964 Ocean liner 520 ft. 66 ft. 12,348 GRT Sold to Typaldos Lines in 1964. Scrapped in 1974
Commandant-Quéré
Comte-de Nice 1966 1966-1969 Ferry 4,555 GRT
Corse 1966 1966-1969 Ferry 337.4 ft. 59.5 ft. 4,455 GRT Sold in 1969
Cuba 1922 1923-1941 Ocean liner 476 ft. 62.3 ft. 11,337 GRT Torpedoed and sunk 1945 Transferred to Ministry of War Transport 1941
Cyrnos
Darrien
Duc de Bragance
Duc d'Aumale 1913 1913-1950 Ocean liner 4,452 GRT Scrapped in 1950
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
De La Salle 1920 1920-1943 4,713 GRT Torpedoed and sunk in 1943
Espagne 1909 1910-1932 Ocean liner 537 ft. 8 in. 60 ft. 8 in. 11,155 GRT Scrapped 1934
Eugène-Péreire
Europe
Ferdinand-de-Lesseps
Figuig 1903 1921-1934 Ocean liner 350 ft. 45.2 ft. 3,655 GRT Scrapped 1934
Flandre 1914 1914-1940 Ocean liner 464.4 ft. 57 ft. 8,571 GRT Sunk by a mine, 1940
Flandre 1951 1952-1967 Ocean liner 581.6 ft. 80.2 ft. 20,469 GRT Destroyed by fire 1994 Sister of Antilles.
Floride 1862 1,859 GRT
Floride 1907 1907-1914 Ocean liner 413.2 ft. 52.2 ft. 6,624 GRT Sunk 1915
Floride 1921 7,369 GRT
Fort La Reine 1969 Cargo ship 9,873 GRT
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 1923 1948-1953 1,922 GRT Scrapped 1956
Fred-Scamaroni 1964 1966-1969 Ferry 377.4 ft. 58.5 ft. 4,771 GRT Sold in 1969
Frédéric-Frank
Gascogne
Général Chanzy (fr) 1891 1891-1910 Ocean liner 2,920 GRT Wrecked 1910
Gouverneur Général Chanzy
Gouverneur Général De Gueydon
Gouverneur Général Grévy
Gouverneur Général Jonnart'
Grandcamp 1942 1946-1947 Cargo ship 7,176 GRT Caught fire and exploded 1947 Built as Liberty ship SS Benjamin R. Curtis
Guadeloupe 1907 1907-1915 Cargo ship 6,586 GRT Captured and sunk 1915
Guadeloupe 1936 1937-1951 2,676 GRT
Guadeloupe 1949 1953-1972 4,061 GRT
Guyane 1955 7,062 GRT Sold 1977
Haïti 1914 1914-1951 Ocean liner 6,288 GRT Scrapped 1951 Renamed Marrakech scrapped 1951
Hudson 1904 1905-1930 Cargo ship 391 ft. 50.5 ft. 5,558 GRT Scrapped in 1930
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
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 1944 1945-1947 Cargo 433.5 ft. 56.2 ft. 7,067 GRT Ran aground in 1947, total loss Built for Ministry of War Transport as Empire Call.
Isaac-Pereire
Kléber
L'Aquitaine 1890 1899-1905 Ocean liner 521 ft. 57.5 ft. 8,242 GRT Scrapped in 1906 Purchased from the Spanish Navy
La Bourdonnais 1904 1920-1931 Ocean liner 453.5 ft. 55.8 ft. 8,338 GRT Scrapped 1934 Awarded from Germany as war prize
La Bourgogne 1885 1886-1898 Ocean liner 508 ft. 52.2 ft. 7,395 GRT Sank in collision 1898
La Bretagne 1885 1886-1912 Ocean liner 495.4 ft. 51.75 ft. 7,112 GRT Sold to Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique 1912
La Champagne (fr) 1885 1886-1915 Ocean liner 493.4 ft. 51.8 7,087 GRT Grounded 1915
La Corse
La Dives 1897 1915-1918 Ocean liner 1,825 GRT Torpedoed and sunk in 1918
La Gascogne (fr) 1886 1886-1912, 1918-1919 Ocean liner 495.4 ft. 52.4 ft. 7,395 GRT Scrapped 1919
La Lorraine (fr) 1899 1900-1922 Ocean liner 563.1 ft. 60 ft. 11,146 GRT Scrapped 1922
La Navarre 1892 1893-1924 Ocean liner 471 ft. 50.5 ft. 6,648 GRT Scrapped 1925
La Provence 1905 1905-1916 Ocean liner 626 ft. 65 ft. 13,753 GRT Sunk by U-35, 26 February 1916
La Savoie (fr) 1900 1901-1914, 1919-1927 Ocean liner 563.1 ft. 60 ft. 11,168 Scrapped in 1927
La Touraine 1890 1890-1923 Ocean liner 520 ft. 56 ft. 8,893 GRT Scrapped 1923
Labrador
Lafayette 1863 1863-1906 Ocean liner 3,375 GRT Scrapped 1906
Lafayette (fr) 1929 1930-1938 Ocean liner 610 ft. 83 ft. 25,178 GRT Caught fire 1938
Lamoricière 1920 1921-1942 Ocean liner 370 ft. 50 ft. 4,713 GRT Sank in storm 1942
Le Calvados 1890 1890-1915 Cargo ship 1,658 GRT Sunk 1915
Liberté 1928 1950-1962 Ocean liner 936.7 ft. 101.7 ft. 49,746 GRT Scrapped 1963 Awarded from Germany as war prize
Lieutenant J Le Meur 1943 1946-1949 Cargo ship 432.8 ft. 57.2 ft. 7,240 GRT Sold in 1949
Lou Cettori
Louisiane 1862 1862-1875 Ocean liner 1,859 GRT Sank in collision in 1875
Louisiane 1905 1905-1916 5,104 GRT Torpedoed and sunk in 1916
Louisiane 1921 1925-1939 6,903 GRT Torpedoed and sunk in 1939
Louisiane 1969 1975-1977 4,522 GRT
Macoris 1902 1919-1935 Ocean liner 5,879 GRT Scrapped in 1935 Ceded to France as war reparations
Magellan 1958 1958-1978 Cargo ship 9,186 GRT Scrapped in 1978 Sold to Cypriot owners in 1978
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
Méditerranée
Meknès
Mexique 1914 1915-1940 Ocean liner 547.5 ft. 64.2 ft. 12,220 GRT Sunk by mine 1940
Michigan 1920 6,419 GRT Sold in 1949
Michigan 1959 1959-1976 Cargo ship 9,235 GRT Scrapped in 1980 Sold to Singapore in 1976
Minotaure 1918 1929-1940, 1947-1958 Tender 175 ft. 34.2 ft. 357 GRT Scrapped in 1958
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 1959 1960-1969 Ferry 5,564 GRT
Niagara (fr)
Normandie (fr) 1882 1883-1911 Ocean liner 459 ft. 48 ft. 6,283 GRT Scrapped in 1911 Renamed La Normandie in 1886
Normandie 1932 1935-1939 Ocean 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
Nouveau Monde
Olinde Rodrigues
Oregon 1911 1917-1949 3,101 GRT Renamed Pologne in 1921 Acquired from Argentina
Oregon 1929 1929-1955 Cargo liner 7,706 GRT Wrecked in 1955 Sold to Panama in 1955
Oudjda
Panama
Paris 1916 1921-1939 Ocean liner 768 ft. 85 ft. 34,569 GRT Burned out and capsized in 1939, scrapped in 1947. Her derelict wrecked caused Liberté to sink after she broke her moorings and collided with the wreck of Paris

Pellerin de Latouche
Pensylvanie 1917 1926-1934 Cargo ship 400 ft. 52 ft. 4,521 GRT Sold in 1934
Péreire
Pérou
Pologne 1911 1917-1949 3,101 GRT Renamed Saint-Domingue in 1932 Renamed from Oregon
Présiident Dal Piaz 1929 1929-1940 Ocean liner 4,866 GRT Scuttled in 1944
Puerto Rico
Québec
Rochambeau 1911 1911-1934 Ocean liner 559.4ft. 63.7ft. 12,678 GRT Scrapped in 1934.
Rochambeau 1967 1967-1978 Cargo ship 500 ft. 9,848 GRT Scrapped in 1994. Sold to Italy in 1978 and renamed Siba Queen.
Rollon 1910 1916-1923 152 GRT
Rouen 1942 1947-1953 Cargo ship 441.5 ft. 56.75 ft. 7,176 GRT Scrapped in 1969. Sold to Liberia in 1953 and renamed Gannet.
Roussillon 1906 1920-1930 Ocean liner 462.1 ft. 57.6 ft. 8,819 GRT Scrapped in 1931. Built for Norddeutscher Lloyd as Goeben; ceded to France as war reparations.
Roussillon 1966 7,659 GRT
Saint-Augustin 1880 1880-1913 Ocean liner 1,854 GRT Sprang a leak and sank in 1913
Saint-Domingue
Saint-Domingue 1911 1917-1949 3,101 GRT Scrapped in 1949 Renamed from Pologne
Saint-Germain
Saint-Laurent 1866 1866-1902 Ocean liner 3,413 GRT Scrapped in 1902
Saint-Laurent 1905 1905-1917 Ocean liner 392.2 ft. 50.6 ft. 5,607 GRT Caught fire and scuttled in 1917
Saint-Raphaël
Saint-Simon
Salvador
Sampiero Corso
Savoie II
Suffren 1901 1920-1928 Ocean liner 525.6 ft. 62.3 ft. 12,334 GRT Scrapped in 1929
Tampico
Timgad
Titan 1889 1894-1957 Tender 145.7 ft. 25.6 ft. 357 GRT Scrapped in 1957
Utah
Vénézuela 1876 1876-1911 955 GRT Scrapped in 1911
Vénézuela 1905 1912-1920 Ocean liner 394.3 ft. 47.8 ft. 5,025 GRT Wrecked in 1920 Originally built for Italian owners
Vera Cruz
Versailles 1881 1889-1914 Ocean liner 4,247 GRT Scrapped in 1914 Purchased from Hamburg America Line
Ville d'Ajaccio
Ville d'Alger 1890 2,111 GRT
Ville d'Alger 1935 1935-1966 Ocean liner 10,172 GRT Sold to Typaldos Lines in 1966 and renamed Poseidon
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 1865-1873 Ocean liner 421.7 ft. 46.2 ft. 5,065 GRT Sank in a collision, 1873
Volubilis 1902 1919-1931 Ocean liner 4,747 GRT Scrapped in 1931
Washington (fr) 1863 1864-1899 Ocean liner 345 ft. 43 ft. 3,204 GRT Collided with swing bridge and scrapped in 1899 Rebuilt with twin propellers in 1868
Washington 1929
Washington 1949 1949-1968 Cargo ship 8,696 GRT Sold to Singapore in 1968

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