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SS France
SS ''France'' may refer to: * , a French steamship chartered by the French Government during the Crimean War * , a French liner sunk in 1915 * , a French liner scrapped in 1936, and is the only French ship to be one of the four-funnel liners * , a French liner; later renamed SS ''Norway''; scrapped in 2008. See also * France II ''France II'' was a French sailing ship, built by Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde and Ceremonial ship launching, launched in 1912. In hull length and overall size she was, after , the second largest commercial merchant sailing ship ever built ... * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:France Ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four-funnel Liner
A four-funnel liner, also known as a four-stacker, is an ocean liner with four Funnel (ship), funnels. , launched in 1897, was the first ocean liner to have four funnels and was one of the first of the golden era of ocean liners that became prominent in the 20th century. Among the most well known four-funnels are , Sinking of the Titanic, sunk on her maiden voyage on , and , Sinking of the RMS Lusitania, torpedoed on , during the First World War. In all, 15 four-funnel liners were produced; ''SS Great Eastern, Great Eastern'' in 1858, and the remainder between 1897 and 1922. Four were sunk during the World Wars, and all others besides ''Titanic'' were scrapped. was the fastest of all four-funnelled liners. The last four-funnelled liner ever built was ; however, two of her funnels were later removed making the the last four-funnel liner in service and the only one to survive service during both World Wars. Description Rise of the four-funnel liner The primary purpose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France II
''France II'' was a French sailing ship, built by Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde and launched in 1912. In hull length and overall size she was, after , the second largest commercial merchant sailing ship ever built. ''France II'' had the greatest cargo carrying capacity ever, to the second-highest '' R. C. Rickmers'' at . An earlier sailing vessel named ''France'' had been built in 1890 by D. & W. Henderson & Son, Glasgow. Design ''France II'' was an extremely large tall ship, square rigged as a five-masted steel-hulled barque. She was long, her displacement was , and was measured at of cargo. Her masts, yards and spanker boom were made of steel tubing; lower mast and topmast were made in one piece. She had a huge sail area of , flown on a so-called "jubilee" or "bald-headed" rig, with no royal sails above double topsails and double topgallants. Her long yards and comparatively short masts gave her a rather wide and depressed appearance relative to other tall ships of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
