Talk:SS Normandie
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Call Sign
The correct call sign is FNSK. The F was misread as P from the cited source. 84.148.1.119 (talk) 22:59, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
Apparent subsidy inconsistency
The article does not seem entirely consistent, saying at various points:
- she was not a commercial success and relied partly on government subsidy to operate.
- her finances were such that she did not require government subsidies every year.
- Normandie did not require government subsidies in service
Jontel (talk) 18:44, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
Indeed. Two consecutive sentences say "Normandie did not require government subsidies in service, with her income covering not only her operating expenses but generating revenue of 158,000,000 francs. She was not a commercial success and relied partly on government subsidy to operate" ExpatSalopian (talk) 18:10, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
- The sentences were already there but I put them together to highlite the inconsistency. There is no source for "no subsidy" and the source for "subsidy" is not a good one, so we don't really have good sourcing for one or the other. I'm inclined to remove both. GA-RT-22 (talk) 19:34, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
Ship's beam
The infobox says the ship is 35.9 m in beam, and references a Lloyd's report that no longer exists at the stated URL. I've seen the same figure elsewhere online, but I've also seen 36.4 m. This would be worth clearing up. Normandie was either wider than Queen Mary or it wasn't; it certainly *looks* beamier, but I know that isn't a reliable source. Sacxpert (talk) 05:15, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
Angary
The article says the ship was seized under the right of Angary. Is there any information about when, after the war, the required payment was made to the owners? How much was it?
Fustbariclation (talk) 09:54, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
Ardman
What's the reason for the "needs independent confirmation" tag on "led many to consider her the greatest"? It was added by an anonymous editor here: [1]. Both cited sources appear to be independent of the subject. A&E is not a great source and probably should just be removed. But Ardman is fine as far as I can tell. He is a long established journalist with many books in print with respectable publishers, has written for PBS, and has no connection to the subject that I can see. He is probably the one source we rely on the most for this article, so if there is a problem with citing him, we've got trouble.
We might want to re-word the sentence, as it's not very close to what Ardman says. But the sourcing itself looks good. GA-RT-22 (talk) 16:13, 6 April 2025 (UTC)