HISTORY OF SS ILE DE FRANCE 1926

SS ILE DE FRANCE was a French luxury ocean liner that plied the prestigious transatlantic route between Europe and New York from 1927 through 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“. Launched in 1926, she commenced her maiden voyage on June 22, 1927, as the first major ocean liner built after World War I, and the first ever to be decorated almost entirely in modern Art Deco style. Though she was neither the largest ship nor the fastest, she was considered the most beautifully decorated built by CGT, becoming the favored ship of the pre-World War II era among the young, wealthy, and fashionable elites.

SS ILE DE FRANCE was part of a four-ship agreement between the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT) and the French government dating to November 1912. It called for the construction of passenger-mail ships, with the first named Paris and the second Île de France. World War I delayed construction until the 1920s, with the Paris being launched in 1916 and not entering service until 1921. After her keel was laid down in 1925, Île de France was launched on 14 March 1926 at the shipyard Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët (or Chantiers de Penhoët) in Saint-Nazaire on the west coast of France and was greeted by thousands of government and company officials, workers, press and French citizens. Fourteen months of fitting-out followed; she left the yard in 1927 to begin sea trials on 29 May and departed on her maiden voyage on 22 June.

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SS ILE DE FRANCE 1926

Boat specifications:

CODE	SIZE		PACKING VOLUME
CS1804P	98L x 13W x 31H (cm)	38.58L x 5.11W x 12.20H (inch)	0.11 m³

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SS ILE DE FRANCE 1926

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