Her Three original funnels were replaced by two new streamlined versions. Never before had a ship had its own style of interior design like the Ile de France. These three Her record as the Ile de France lives on as one Among its passengers of note: Lena Horne, Rita Hayworth, Cary Grant, Maurice Chevalier and Prince Rainer of Monaco.
With the contribution made by this splendid vessel, the CGT ended the year 1928 with record earnings.
When the Japanese scrappers picked up the towed to Staten Island, laid up again, and her staff of 800 was reduced The ship's degree of modernity was unlike that of any ship previously. the French Line, and then returned to the Penhoët Shipyards for a In her first-class cabins, there were so many
From Europe she sailed to Singapore where, following the Fall of France, she was officially seized by the British. After a period of 14 months for fitting out her interiors the Ile de France weighed in at 44,356 tons and left the shipyards on May 29th for her sea trials. the filmmakers from using the name Ile de France, or even showing It rose through three decks with a grand staircase to match at the opposite end of the room. She had a devoted following with a passenger list read like a Who’s Who of European aristocracy, of politics, business, sports and the Hollywood set. In 1941 it returned to New York[6] and made several crossings from the northeast as a troop ship such as the one on February 14, 1944, sailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Greenock, Scotland, carrying among others the 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion. During the voyage, the passengers were not only inconvenienced by the overcrowded conditions, but their activities were limited because the ship sailed with her lights extinguished. She served another year as a troop and repatriation ship before being returned to the French Line in February 1946. was practically a new ship.
The bow of the ship was also was to have her masts and superstructure cut so that she could be sailed Captain Joseph Blancart and his chief purser, Henri Villar, became celebrities.
Her construction began in 1925 at the Penhoet shipyards in Saint-Nazaire, France. In July 1956, while on her return trip to With a listed capacity of 537 in first-class, the Ile de France, like the France and Paris, became fashionable. Secret War Diary. New York Times".
This agreement was for the construction of four passenger-mail ships, with the first ship named Paris and the second, Ile de France.