Difference between revisions of "SS Île de France"
From Our Contribution
(→Middle East to Fremantle 29 Jan - 19 Feb 1943) |
|||
| Line 68: | Line 68: | ||
*[[Victor Charles Lowe]] | *[[Victor Charles Lowe]] | ||
| − | === Middle East to Fremantle 29 Jan - 19 Feb 1943=== | + | === Middle East to Fremantle via Massawa & Maldive Islands 29 Jan - 19 Feb 1943=== |
* [[Thomas Geoffrey Eliot]] | * [[Thomas Geoffrey Eliot]] | ||
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] | ||
Revision as of 00:32, 15 October 2020
 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS Île de France |
| Builder/Built | 1926 Saint-Nazaire |
| Type | Ocean Liner |
| Displacement | 44,356 tons |
| Speed | 23 .5 knots |
Contents
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
Fremantle to Port Tewfik 19 April - 14 May 1941
Embarked 16 April, sailed 19 April 1941.
Kantara to Adelaide 30 January - 23 March 1942
Disembarked at Bombay 6 Feb 1942 & transferred 9 Feb 1942 to SS Kosciusko , SS Madras City or SS City of Paris
- Eric Anderson SS Madras City
- Ralph Godfrey SS City of Paris
- David Edward Kitchener Granberg SS Kosciusko
- † Victor Charles Lowe SS Kosciusko
- Clarence Malarkey SS Madras City
- Francis Malarkey SS Madras City
- Len Malarkey SS Madras City
- John William Pryor SS Kosciusko
Disembarked from SS Kosciusko in Fremantle and went AWOL