SS Île de France
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| History | |
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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 |
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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
Kantara to Adelaide 30 January - 23 March 1942
Disembarked at Bombay 6 Feb 1942 & transferred 9 Feb 1942 to SS Kosciusko or SS Madras City
- Eric Anderson SS Madras City
- Clarence Malarkey SS Madras City
- Francis Malarkey SS Madras City
- Len Malarkey SS Madras City
- John William Pryor SS Kosciusko
Disembarked from SS Kociusko in Fremantle and went AWOL