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The construction of the ''Ile de France'' was part of the agreement between the French Line and the French Government dating back to November , 1912 . This agreement called for the construction of four passenger-mail ships, with the first ship called ''Paris'' and the second, ''Ile de France''. World War I delayed construction until the 1920s, with the Paris being launched in 1921 and the ''Ile de France'' in 1927 . The ''SS Ile de France'' played a major role in the rescue operation after the collision of the passenger liners SS Andrea Doria and SS Stockholm in 1956 . After being sold to Japanese scrappers, the ''Ile de France'' was used as a floating prop for the 1950s disaster film '' The Last Voyage '' as the SS ''Claridon'', where she was partially sunk, explosive devices were set off in her interior, and her forward funnel was sent crashing into the deckhouse in a move defying gravity. The French Line took the filmmakers to court, and succeeded in obtaining an order to have the funnels repainted, and barring the use of the ''Ile de France'' name. The ninth floor restaurant in Eaton's Department Store, Montreal, Canada was styled after the first class restaurant on board the ship. The store's owner's wife had just travelled transatlantic on the liner and when asked what style the new ninth floor restaurant should adopt, she requested in the style of the Ile-de-France. You can still dine at the restaurant today to gain an idea of fine dining on the high seas in the heyday of the ocean liner |
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