MARRAKECH (1929, CGT / French Line) postcard

MARRAKECH (Cie Generale Transatlantique)

Passenger liner built at Port de Bouc that entered service in 1914 as Haiti for France-West Indies service, and later that year carried Haitian volunteers to Europe for the French Army. Modernised in 1929, renamed Marrakech and transferred to the Bordeaux-Casablanca route. Served the Vichy government in WW2, returning to normal service from 1946 to 1951 when she was withdrawn and broken up.

'Tito' postcard by Editions Bloc Freres, 

written but no postage, knocks, marks, 

5.5" x 3.5", 140mm x 90mm (approx)

our ref: SRZ727