Secrets of the Lost Liners

Follows the design, service and loss of some of the world's greatest ocean liners, covering 100 years, from luxury floating palaces to national symbols, all tragically lost through conflict, accidents or human error.

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Normandie

44m

The SS Normandie entered service in 1935 and remains the most powerful steam turbo-electric-propelled passenger ship ever built. When the United States entered World War II, the Normandie was seized by the Americans for use as a troopship.