178 Book of Steamships 



Atlantic Ferry, and for many years now 

 the C.G.T. often called the French Line, 

 has had a magnificent fleet of fast comfort- 

 able vessels. Amongst their most modern 

 ships are the France, a four-funneller, 

 which came out a few years before the 

 War, the Paris, and the lle-de-France, both 

 of the latter are three-funnellers, and 

 extremely fine ships, the Ile-de-France 

 being practically the same tonnage as the 

 Olympic. They are now building a 60,000 

 tonner, which will be driven by turbo- 

 electric engines. 



Germany quickly recovered from her 

 huge loss of liners which had to be given 

 up as part of the reparations levied upon 

 her. In one sense it was an extremely 

 good thing for the Germans that Britain 

 and America did secure many of her liners, 

 for it enabled her to begin afresh and to 

 plan without any regard to what had gone 

 before. 



A second Columbus was built, and 

 several other very fine steam and motor 



