[PRCo] Re: I'm Gonna Get My Wrist Slapped by Derrick for This, But....

[Donald Galt]

On 26 May 2003 at 21:46, Ken & Tracie wrote:

> Let's not forget the Ile de France. She resumed her role as French Line flagship after WW II. After being replaced by the France (now the Norway), she was sold to Japanese scrappers. But the makers of the movie "The Last Voyage" used her in the film and actually sank her to make things more 
realistic. After the filming was over, she was raised and cut up.
> 
> The Ile de France was also a major player in the rescue of passengers and crew from the Andrea Doria after her collision withe the Stockholm during July, 1956.
> 

The Île wasn't actually sunk for the movie, just allowed to go well down at the 
head, then pumped out after shooting and towed to the breakers. About the only 
thing I can remember of that movie is that it was somewhat lacking in the 
disaster department.

Don