provence

Enrico Costa alongside the Tilbury Landing Stage. She is the only Costa Line ship on which I have ever sailed.

French Navy

My cruise from Tilbury to Amsterdam and Rouen aboard Enrico Costa is the only cruise I have ever taken with Costa Line. Enrico was a very pretty ship seen to advantage here at Rouen.

The French flag liner Provence on her maiden appearance in New York harbor. Société Générale de Transport Maritimes (S.G.T.M.). The tug in front is named Carol Moran.

Societe Generale de Transports Maritimes Built 1950 by Swan Hunter 15,889 gross tons, 579 foot x 73 foot beam, speed @ 19 knots

Societe Generale de Transports Maritimes Built 1950 by Swan Hunter 15,889 gross tons, 579 foot x 73 foot, speed @ 19 knots

at lisbon

Launched in April 1913. Repaired after damage at Mers-el-Kebir in November 1940 but scuttled two years later. Salvaged by the Germans in July 1943, her guns were used as a battery near Toulon. Sunk as a blockship in 1944. She was raised in April 1949 for breaking.

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