Paul Emmanuel DURAND COUPEL DE SAINT-FRONT (1901-1987) dit MARIN-MARIE

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Paul Emmanuel DURAND COUPEL DE SAINT-FRONT (1901-1987) dit MARIN-MARIE
Cruise ship Colombia Watercolor gouache, signed lower right 67 x 101 cm (at sight) (small wetnesses) Launched in 1931 for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, the liner Colombie was requisitioned during the Second World War as an auxiliary cruiser, a troop transport and finally as a hospital ship. Put back into service after the war, she was sold to a Greek company and finally demolished in 1970. Launched on July 18, 1931 with a black hull for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, she was commissioned on November 2, 1931 on the West Indies line but regularly cruised Europe and the Caribbean. Her hull was repainted in white in 1935, which better suited the line she served with the Cuba. On 17 November 1939, the French Navy requisitioned the liner to convert it into an auxiliary cruiser. She was renamed X10 and took part in the expedition to Norway in April 1940 and in the repatriation of French soldiers to France during the German breakthrough in May 1940. She was eventually decommissioned in September 1940 in Toulon and returned to the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique which renamed her Colombie. She still carried out troop transport missions but was seriously damaged in November 1942 while participating in Operation Torch. From 1942 to 1943, she was repaired and transformed into an armed transport to carry out trips between the United States and Italy under the American flag. In January 1945, she was transformed into a hospital ship, her hull was painted white and red crosses were put on her side. She was renamed Adela E Lutz for this mission, which lasted until 1948. The Colombia received the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 for its commitment during this conflict. In September 1948, the ship underwent important transformations at the Dutch shipyard of Schelde. The two cylindrical chimneys were removed and replaced by a single profiled chimney, and the ship was given a new passenger capacity (584 passengers divided into 3 classes). She was put back into service on October 12, 1950 on the West Indies route. In 1962, Transat considered selling the ship to an American group that wanted to use it for cruises along the Mexican coast. However, the transactions were not successful, and the Colombia was finally sold on March 17, 1964, to the Greek company Typaldos. She was replaced on the line by the Flanders and Antilles. Renamed Atlantic then Atlantica by its new owner, it was finally sold for scrapping in 1970.
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