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I suspect you are talking about the third RMS Franconia, all Cunard ships. The first was a sister ship of Laconia. The second launched in 1922. I sailed that Franconia from Southampton to Le Havre to Halifax to New York in 1956. She was broken up in 1957. The third was previously the Ivernia and a sister ship of Saxonia. They were all about the same size but had different profiles. Or maybe the third was a bit larger.

 

Apparently it is too late to actually edit the post. I should have said Halifax instead of Hastings.

 

Also I have been digging around the maritime history of "Franconia" and discovered one that predates the first Cunard Franconia. It was a German steamship that apparently had a habit of colliding with other ships and sinking them, then steaming away without offering assistance. Two such well-documented collisions were in 1876 in the English Channel and in 1883 in the East River ( New York ).

 

I suspect folks here are more interested in cruising than history, but I find the history of "cruise" ships quite entertaining.

Cunard RMS Franconia, the second of that name ( 1922 - 1957 ).

I suspect you are talking about the third RMS Franconia, all Cunard ships. The first was a sister ship of Laconia. The second launched in 1922. I sailed that Franconia from Southampton to Le Havre to Hastings to New York in 1956. She was broken up in 1957. The third was previously the Ivernia and a sister ship of Saxonia. They were all about the same size but had different profiles. Or maybe the third was a bit larger.

This was the first.

This was the second, in the 1956 colors.

This was the second during the war.

This was the third.