In service 1927 44,356grt for for CGT French Line from Penhoët, St Nazaire

Furanzu Maru 1959 Japanese Breakers (& as a film prop)

Scrapped in Osaka 1959

Originally with 3 funnels

Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc & Steve Walker Color

Image attribution: Steve Walker Color, post war conversion

Image from CGT, in my first ship book

Just before being scrapped, the ship was used as a floating prop for the 1960 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer disaster film The Last Voyage with the fictional name SS Claridon. The CGT sued MGM to have the ship’s funnels repainted and prohibit the name Île de France from appearing on the ship in the movie.