COLOMBIE in colour

After WW2 COLOMBIE was refitted in Holland emerging with a more balanced and elegant profile and a single rounded funnel. That is how I remember her.
Both photos from post cards in my collection.
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Launch of S.S. COLOMBIE

Launching of the "Paquebot COLOMBIE" in July 1931 at Dunkirk. Post card issued by her builders, Atelier et Chantier de France. She was yard nº 144 and was delivered to French Line in September 1931.
Now one slight problem: the day she was launched differs according to different authors: Ludovic Trihan states launching on 7 July (in La Compagnie Génèrale Transatlantique - Histoire de la flotte, page 184) while Arnold Kludas puts the launching date on 18 July 1931 (Great Passenger Ships of the World Volume 3, page 190). In the book Histoire de la Compagnie Générale Transatlantique published in 1955 for the centennial of French Line, the launching date of COLOMBIE is given on 18 July 1931, so this must be the right date.
On the second image COLOMBIE is seen dressed overall probably cruising in the 1930s, which she did extensively.
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The COLOMBIE of 1931

When I think of the many forgotten passenger liners of the past, one of my favorites is the French Line's COLOMBIE (1931-1964). Of all the liners, the tropical ones have a special allure and I wish I could have done a round voyage from Le Havre to Martinique on the COLOMBIE. I had no such luck, but I can not blame it as I was able to see this ship several times in the early 1960, still in French Line colours and later as Typaldos ATLANTICA.
She was a very elegant small liner, and sometimes I can still see her alive alongside the pier of Funchal, Madeira island, the fantastic red funnel and her unique rounded lines...
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