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SS Île de France was a French luxury ocean liner that plied the prestigious transatlantic route between Europe and New York from 1927 through to 1958. She was built in Saint-Nazaire for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (or CGT, also known as the "French Line"), and named after the region around Paris known as " L'Ile de France ".
Learn about the SS Ile de France, the first major ocean liner built after World War One and the first to be decorated with modern designs associated with the Art Deco style. Discover its amenities, famous passengers, wartime service, and postwar restoration.
7 maj 2020 · Learn about the first passenger ship built after the Great War, the Île de France, which adopted the modernistic designs of the Jazz Age. Discover her extravagant interiors, from the largest dining room to the longest bar at sea, and her role in the transatlantic trade.
S.S. Île de France is fully dressed with flags, and small boats surrounded her during her arrival. The brand new luxury liner “Île de France” having been introduced in 1927 it was soon realised that she was a very unique and an elegant Liner.
The 43,153 grt, 792.9-ft., steamship Ile De France was built in 1926 by Chantiers & Ateliers de St. Nazaire for the French Line (Compagnie Générale Transatlantique). When she was launched, she was CGT's biggest ship and the sixth largest in the world.
17 lis 2020 · Explore the interiors of the Art Deco ocean liner Ile de France, launched in 1927 by French Line. See photos of her First-Class, Second-Class and Cabin-Class accommodations, public spaces and amenities.
12 lut 2024 · The Île de France was laid up at Pier 88 in New York harbour, adjacent to the French Line’s new flag ship; the 80,000-tonner Normandie. However, the Île de France was not to be used by the French during the hostilities.
