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| The Franc's final moments The Franc's final moments.
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| History | |
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| Name | Franc Castle |
| Namesake | George Franc |
| Owner | The Booth Line |
| Port of registry | Southampton, England |
| Route | Southampton to Athens |
| Ordered | 1892 |
| Builder | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Dundee |
| Laid down | 1893 |
| Launched | 1894 |
| Completed | 1894 |
| Maiden voyage | December 6 1894 |
| In service | 1894 |
| Out of service | 1918 |
| Fate | Rammed by a hospital ship in the english channel in 1918 and sunk in 4 hours. |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 8,187 tons gross |
| Length | 324.2 ft (98.8 m) |
| Beam | 52.2 ft (15.9 m) |
| Draught | 27.2 ft (8.3 m) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) Four triple bladed propellers quadruple expansion engine 850 nhp |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Notes | Took 4 hours to sink. Was rescued by the SS Cape Race |
The RMS Franc Castle was a british passenger liner and was the sister ship of the HMHS Lanfranc and RMS Melfranc she sadly, also sunk during the end of 1918 after being rammed by a hospital ship in the english channel in a thick fog she sank in 4 hours many got off the ship but she was built with only 6 lifeboats and carried 386 passengers total and there was only enough for 301 of them. Sadly 202 died instead. This occured becuase the ships engine ignited and set off a powerful explosion which shot up a plume of smoke right off the ships funnel and blacked out and killed over 30 people. When it cleared the ships funnel was gone. Only 3 lifeboats were launched that horrible day. The 3 lifeboats had to row their selves to a nearby liner only a mile away when they arrived they quickly lowered them aboard the ship.