Launched in 1931 for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, the liner Colombie was requisitioned during the Second World War as an auxiliary cruiser, troop transport and finally as a hospital ship. Returned to service after the war, it was sold to a Greek company and was eventually demolished in 1970.

A fireplace (1948-1974)

Colombia after the transformations of 1948
In September 1948, the ship underwent major transformations at the Dutch shipyard of Schelde. Its two cylindrical chimneys were removed, replacing them with a single profiled chimney, and it was given a new passenger capacity, 584 divided into 3 classes.

It was returned to service on October 12, 1950 on the Antilles line. In 1962, Transat considered selling the ship to an American group who wanted to use it for cruises along the Mexican coast.

However, the transactions did not come to fruition, and the Colombia was finally sold on March 17, 1964, to the Greek shipping company Typaldos. It will be replaced on the line by Flanders and Antilles.

Renamed Atlantic then Atlantica by its new owner, it ended up being sold for demolition in 1970.

Size of the wooden terrace: 2x71.5x15cm

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