NOUVELLE COMPAGNIE DE PAQUEBOTS.

Mitchell shows the inner blue in the funnel emblem as a ring around the red, with white between. Randier gives the C a squarish form.

The N442 funnels appear to belong only to the last three vessels: Mermoz, Massalia and Azur.

Mitchell shows the Compagnie des Croisieres Paquet funnel and N462, whose somewhat similar design is unclear. The line drawings do not identify the vessels.

Nouvelle Compagnie de Paquebots was formed in 1964 and was operated by Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Réunis in the 1970s and early 1980s. Mermoz passed to a different registered owner under the Bahamian flag in 1985, becoming a managed vessel. The company’s involvement appears to have ended in 1990, when cruise operations came under Croisiers Paquet - Compagnie Française de Croisieres. Mermoz was finally sold in 1999.

France, Marseilles.