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
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
SS France was a Compagnie Générale Transatlantique ocean liner, constructed by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard at Saint-Nazaire, France, and put into service in February 1962. From the time of
SS Europa (1928)
…while interned by the United States in New York City. Europa was refitted at Le Havre and rechristened the Liberté, serving until the arrival of the SS France in 1961 as the premier liner in the Compagnie's fleet. She was laid up in 1962 and scrapped at La Spezia, Italy, in 1963. Europa was built in 1928 with…
SS France laid up in Le Havre, 1978
Poster advertising France's 1965 Christmas and New Year's cruise to the West African coast.