SS Flandre – Massive Ship’s Plaque – Ocean Liner Sunk in 1940

Massive ship’s plaque to SS Flandre – French pre-war liner. SS Flandre was a French transatlantic ocean liner of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. (CGT). She was launched in 1913 and sunk in 1940. Her peacetime route was between France and ports in the Caribbean. During and after the First World War, Flandre was a hospital ship and then a troop ship. In the Second World War she was a troop ship again. German forces captured her when France capitulated in 1940, but she was sunk less than three months later when she struck a mine.  Very heavy piece – weighs in a 5kgs – just over 11 pounds.  Dimensions are 15 inches (height), 8.5 inches (width) and 1.5 inches (depth).

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