13 JULY 1944, Page 14

THE NORMANDIE'S BERTH

Sta,—Mr. Edward Shoosmith's faith in the omniscience of the U.S. Army Chief Engineer in Europe is so touching that I am ready to lay the misconception in his quotation at the door of the Daily Express reporter. The deep-water berths at Cherbourg are known as the " quai de France" and the " quai de Normandie," but these are merely con- ventional appellations and the liner " Normandie " never docked there: like the other ships belonging to the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique,