SS Pasteur/TS Bremen (Britton Andrew)(Paperback)

The fascinating story of a Cunard vessel that became the last German flagship, adored by France, and popular around the world TS "Bremen" was one of the most popular liners operating across the Atlantic. Built for the French as the SS "Pasteur," she made a dramatic escape in 1940 carrying 200 tons of French gold bullion reserves to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Requisitioned by the British under Cunard, she became a hospital troopship, carrying 300,000 Allied troops around the world, with a major role in supplying the Battle of El Alamein. Charles de Gaulle claimed that the "Pasteur" s contribution "significantly helped bring . . . Hitler to his ultimate end." Post-war she remained in French military service until 1956, conveying French troops to Vietnam, Algeria, and the Suez Crisis. Following lay-up, she was sold to the North German Lloyd Line as their final flagship, refitted and renamed
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