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Normandie Station
Normandie may refer to: Places * Normandy, the geographical and cultural region in North-west Europe called ''Normandie'' in French * Normandy (administrative region), the administrative region of France, also called in French ''Normandie'' * Normandie, New Brunswick, a community in Weldford Parish, New Brunswick, Canada * Normandie, New Jersey, a community in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States * Normandie Avenue, Los Angeles County, California, United States * Zec Normandie, a Controlled harvesting zone in the Laurentides administrative region, Quebec, Canada Military * Normandie-Niemen a French Air Force squadron that served on the Eastern Front of World War II * Régiment de Normandie, a Royalist French army unit created in 1616 Ships * French ship ''Normandie'' (1835), a Seine ferry built at Le Havre in 1835 * French ironclad ''Normandie'', in service 1862–71 * ''Normandie''-class battleship, five ships planned for use by the French Navy in World War I but nev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and the Channel Islands (mostly the British Crown Dependencies). It covers . Its population is 3,499,280. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans, and the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language. Large settlements include Rouen, Caen, Le Havre and Cherbourg. The cultural region of Normandy is roughly similar to the historical Duchy of Normandy, which includes small areas now part of the departments of Mayenne and Sarthe. The Channel Islands (French: ''ÃŽles Anglo-Normandes'') are also historically part of Normandy; they cover and comprise two bailiwicks: Guernsey and Jersey, which are B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normandie-class Battleship
The ''Normandie'' class consisted of five dreadnought battleships ordered for the French Navy in 1912–1913. It comprised ''Normandie'', the lead ship, ''Flandre'', ''Gascogne'', ''Languedoc'', and . The design incorporated a radical arrangement for the twelve 340 mm (13.4 in) main battery guns: three quadruple-gun turrets, the first of their kind, as opposed to the twin-gun turrets used by most other navies. The first four ships were also equipped with an unusual hybrid propulsion system that used both steam turbines and Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion, triple-expansion steam engines to increase fuel efficiency. The ships were never completed due to shifting production requirements and a shortage of labor after the beginning of World War I in 1914. The first four ships were sufficiently advanced in construction to permit their Ceremonial ship launching, launching to clear the slipways for other, more important work. Many of the guns built for the ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normandie Apartments
The Normandie Apartments is a historic building located in the Near South Side neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ..., United States. It was designed by architect Frederick A. Henninger. References National Register of Historic Places in Omaha, Nebraska Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska Apartment buildings in Omaha, Nebraska {{Omaha-NRHP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TheStart
theStart (stylized as theSTART) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Their current lineup includes Aimee Echo, Jamie Miller, Erick Sanger and Chelsea Davis. History Aimee Echo and Jamie Miller formed the band in 1998, originally named Hero. They changed it to theStart because "Hero" was already being used by another band. Their starting lineup included bassist Jeff Jaeger, drummer Scott Ellis (formerly of Mellowdrone and She Wants Revenge), and guitarist Mike Smith. Their debut album, ''Shakedown!'', was released in 2001 on Geffen Records. Following a period of touring, they discovered that their record label was closing. The band decided to fund their next EP themselves, releasing ''The 1234'' in April 2002 and selling it at their shows. Shortly thereafter, they announced the departure of Scott Ellis. While spending the summer touring with Scarling., they found a distributor in Small Stone Records for a self-titled EP. Jaeger left the group some time afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Normandie
The Hotel Normandie is a historic boutique hotel within what is now Koreatown, Los Angeles. It is located at 605 S. Normandie Ave. It has 92 guest rooms and suites. It was built in 1926 in the Wilshire district in the Renaissance Revival style and was designed by Walker & Eisen, the firm of Los Angeles architects Percy A. Eisen and Albert R. Walker. Author Malcolm Lowry wrote a significant portion of the novel ''Under the Volcano'' while residing at the hotel. ''Under the Volcano'' is now listed at #11 on Modern Library's list of 100 Best Novels. The hotel was listed as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments are sites which have been designated by the Los Angeles, California, Cultural Heritage Commission as worthy of preservation based on architectural, historic and cultural criteria. History The Historic-Cult ... #1013 in 2012 by the Cultural Heritage Commission City of Los Angeles. History In March 1925, plans for the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normandie Hotel
The Normandie Hotel is a historic building located in the Isleta de San Juan, in San Juan, Puerto Rico which opened on October 10, 1942 as a hotel. Its design was inspired by the French transatlantic passenger ship SS ''Normandie'' in addition to featuring the same art deco design as the ocean liner that inspired it, and the hotel's original roof sign was one of the two signs that adorned the top deck of the SS ''Normandie'' but were removed from it during an early refitting. It is an example of what came to be known as the Streamline Moderne architecture style. the building was vacant and not in operation and in 2022, was sold to private owners who said they plan to renovate it. History The Normandie Hotel was the brainchild of Puerto Rican engineer Félix BenÃtez Rexach. He married the French singer in 1927 or 1928; reportedly, he built the hotel as a wedding present for his bride. He served as the president of the Escambron Development Company, which was incorporated in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MV Normandie
MV ''Normandie'' is a ferry operated by Brittany Ferries. She was built at Kværner Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard in Finland and has been sailing for Brittany Ferries since 1992. SECA 2015 refit On the 1st January 2015, the EU (including the North Sea, English Channel, Eastern side of the Western Channel and Baltic Sea) will have sulphur in marine fuel cut from the allowance in 2014 of 1% to 0.1% of sulphur allowed. Later that month, Brittany Ferries then announced three intentions; To fit scrubbers to a number of older vessels, to convert newer vessels to LNG, and to construct a new LNG powered ferry. Later, Brittany Ferries withdrew and cancelled the order for a new LNG-powered ferry and for the LNG conversions, and instead announced that all vessels were to have scrubbers systems fitted. Accordingly, Normandie was fitted with a scrubber in October 2015. In the same dry dock visit, improvements were made to her public areas. Routes served *Portsmouth-Caen (Ouistreham) 1992â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Normandie
The SS ''Normandie'' was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France, for the French Line ''Compagnie Générale Transatlantique'' (CGT). She entered service in 1935 as the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat, transatlantic crossing, crossing the Atlantic in a record 4.14 days, and remains the most powerful steam Turbo-electric transmission, turbo-electric-propelled passenger ship ever built. ''Normandie''s novel design and lavish interiors led many to consider her the greatest of ocean liners,''Floating Palaces.'' (1996) A&E. TV Documentary. Narrated by Fritz Weaver and she would go on to heavily influence the French arm of the Streamline Moderne design movement (called the ''style paquebot'', or "ocean liner style"). Despite this, she was not a commercial success and relied partly on government subsidy to operate. During service as the flagship of the CGT, she made 139 westbound transatlantic crossings from her home port of Le Havre to New York City. ''Normandie' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ironclad Normandie
The French ironclad ''Normandie'' was the third and last of the three wooden-hulled s built for the French Navy in 1858–62. The ships of the ''Gloire'' class were classified as armoured frigates because they only had a single gun deck and their traditional disposition of guns arrayed along the length of the hull also meant that they were broadside ironclads. ''Normandie'' was the first ironclad to cross the Atlantic in support of the French intervention in Mexico in 1862. Although the ship was active during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, she saw no action. The unseasoned timber of her hull rotted quickly; she was condemned in 1871 and subsequently scrapped. Design and description Designed by the French naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme, the ships of the class were intended to fight in the line of battle, unlike the first British ironclads. The ship was long,Gille, p. 23 with a beam of . ''Normandie'' had a maximum draft of ,Campbell, p. 286 a depth of hold of an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normandy (administrative Region)
Normandy (; french: Normandie, link=no ; nrf, Normaundie; from Old French , plural of , originally from the word for 'northman' in several Scandinavian languages) is the northwesternmost of the eighteen regions of France, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy is divided into five administrative departments: Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne and Seine-Maritime. It covers , comprising roughly 5% of the territory of metropolitan France. Its population of 3,322,757 accounts for around 5% of the population of France. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans, and the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language. The neighboring regions are Hauts-de-France and Ile-de-France to the east, Centre-Val de Loire to the southeast, Pays de la Loire to the south, and Brittany to the southwest. The capital is Rouen. Normandy's name comes from the settlement of the territory by Vikings ("Northmen") from the 9th century, and confirmed by treaty in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Normandie (1835)
The Normandie built in 1835, was a French paddle steamer working in conjunction with her sister ship the ''Seine'' (1836) on the lower reaches of the Seine. The route she serviced was between Le Havre and Rouen via Honfleur with secondary stops along the way. She gained fame by being a participant in the retour des cendres ("return of the ashes") of Napoleon to France. Service The ''Normandie'', was 178 french feet in length, 42 feet wide, and 12 feet high. She was over 190 tons, and could carry 1000 passengers. She was built in Le Havre by M. Lenormand. She was equipped with two low pressure engines of 60 horse power each. The oscillating cylinder steam engines for both the ‘’Normandie’’ and the ‘’Seine’’ were built by ''Barnes Miller, Ravenhill and Co.'' of Glasshouse Fields, Ratcliffe, London. The company had been stated in 1822 as ''Miller and Barnes''. In 1835 they won approval as a supplier of Marine engines to the British Royal Navy. Barnes left the busine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Régiment De Normandie
The Régiment de Normandie was created in 1616 from different military groups in Normandy by the Maréchal of France Concini, marquis d'Ancre and the favorite of the Queen Marie de Médicis.Rene Chartrand, ''The French Soldier in Colonial America'' (Alexandria, New York, and Bloomfield, Ontario: Museum Restoration Service, 1984), 16–17. See also * Military of New France The military of New France consisted of a mix of regular soldiers from the French Army ( Carignan-Salières Regiment) and French Navy ( Troupes de la marine, later Compagnies Franches de la Marine) supported by small local volunteer militia unit ... External links Soldiers of the Sun King References {{DEFAULTSORT:Regiment De Normandie Military units and formations established in the 1610s Military units and formations disestablished in 1791 Line infantry regiments of the Ancien Régime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
