France II was a French sailing ship, built by Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde and launched in 1912.
France II was an extremely large tall ship, square rigged as a five-masted steel-hulled barque.
Her long yards and comparatively short masts gave her a rather wide and depressed appearance relative to other tall ships of her class.
France II was built in 1911 at the yards of Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde on the banks of the river Garonne in Bordeaux to the plans of chief designer Gustave Leverne (1861–1940).
She was intended for the nickel ore trade and owned by the Société Anonyme des Navires Mixtes (Prentout-Leblond, Leroux & Cie.).