Ile De France Shipwreck

Ile De France Shipwreck. Shipwreck on the etang du moulin with sea wall and moulin a maree de Berno in the distance, Ile She was the first major liner built after World War I 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

The Andrea Doria lies on her side 250 feet below the sea, approximately 50 miles south of Nantucket Island The SS Ile de France was built in for the French shipping company, Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (known commercially as The French Line) at a cost of $10,000,000

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For a time, the Doria remained afloat, threatening to capsize at any moment — but that moment didn't come until 10:09 a.m., roughly 11 hours after the fateful collision. Further relief came when the French liner Ile De France arrived and took aboard the remaining people aboard the Andrea Doria. The Ile de France (foreground) and a Navy rescue ship (upper left) rescue passengers from the Andrea Doria, Photograph, 1956, Collection of John Moyer

Pin on SS Ile de France (1949) of The French Line (PC). Île de France managed to rescue the bulk of the remaining passengers by shuttling its 10 lifeboats back and forth to Andrea Doria, receiving lifeboat loads from those of the other ships already at the scene, and any of Andrea Doria's starboard boats. The Last Voyage is a 1960 Metrocolor American disaster film starring Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, George Sanders, and Edmond O'Brien.

Pin on SS Ile de France (1949) of The French Line (PC). For a time, the Doria remained afloat, threatening to capsize at any moment — but that moment didn't come until 10:09 a.m., roughly 11 hours after the fateful collision. The ship used in the film was the condemned French luxury liner SS Ile de France.