Louis Joubert Lock
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The Louis Joubert Lock, also known as the Normandie Dock – after the large ocean liner that provided the impetus for the facility to be built, is a lock and major dry dock located in the port of Saint
A ship in the Louis Joubert Lock
The Loire River side lock gates of the Louis Joubert Lock, the target of the St Nazaire Raid
View of the Louis Joubert Lock towards the Loire River
SS Europa (1928)
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SS Europa, later SS Liberté IMO 5607332, was an ocean liner built for the German shipping company Norddeutsche Lloyd to work the transatlantic sea route. Launched in 1928, she and her sister ship, Bre
Louis Joubert Lock
…function again until 1948; it was not recommissioned until 1950. The first ship to be accommodated after the repairs was the former German ocean liner Europa, which on refit became the SS Liberté, given to France by the United States in compensation for the loss of the Normandie in New York. Length: 350…
SS Europa prior to her maiden voyage
Europa burning and listing during her fitting out
Heinkel He 58 D-1919 Bremen Atlantic being loaded onto the catapult on SS Europa
USS Europa in dazzle camouflage in Bremerhaven, May 1945