Difference between revisions of "SS Île de France"
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Revision as of 01:49, 10 April 2019
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| Name | SS Île de France |
| Builder/Built | 1926 Saint-Nazaire |
| Type | Ocean Liner |
| Displacement | 44,356 tons |
| Speed | 23 .5 knots |
Remarks
Built for the "French Line" or CGT. The first liner ever to be decorated almost entirely with modern designs associated with the Art Deco style
Ironically, all of the ship's luxurious fittings were removed for its conversion into a prison ship during World War II. After the war, Île de France resumed transatlantic operations. In 1956, she played a key role in rescuing passengers from the SS Andrea Doria after the latter ship's fatal collision with the MS Stockholm off Nantucket. Scrapped in Osaka, Japan, 1959.
Soldiers carried
Kantara to Bombay 30 January - 6 February 1942 & 9 February - 23 March 1942
Disembarked at Bombay & transferred to SS Kosciusko or SS Madras City to Adelaide
- Eric Anderson SS Madras City
- Clarence Malarkey
- Francis Malarkey
- Len Malarkey
- John William Pryor
Disembarked from SS Kociusko in Fremantle and went AWOL