Works for liners
Achille Lauro
Passenger motor ship, Flotta Lauro, Naples.
| Original shipyard | De Schelde, Vlissingen |
| Transformation | Cantieri Navali Riuniti e del Tirreno, Palermo |
| Tonnage | 23,629 tons |
| Length | 200.00 m |
| Breadth | 25.45 m |
| Motor system | 2 diesel motors |
| Manufacturer | Sulzer, Whintertur |
| Power | 34,000 HP |
| Cruising speed | 25 knots |
| Passengers | 152 (I), 1155 (Tourist-class). |
| 1946 | 1 July, launched and named Willem Ruys Rotterdam Lloyd, Rotterdam |
| 1947 | 21 November, delivered to shipowners; the original dimensions were 21,119 tons, length 192.4 m, passengers 900. |
| 1947 | 2 December, maiden voyage Rotterdam - Batavia through Cape of Good Hope |
| 1964 | January, sold to Achille Lauro. |
| 1965 | January, delivered to Flotta Lauro, renamed Achille Lauro, transformed in the shipyard in Palermo |
| 1966 | 13 April, maiden voyage Genoa – Naples – Suez – Melbourne – Sydney - Wellington |
| 1972 | exclusively assigned to cruising duty |
| 1983 | Laid up in Genoa following the bankruptcy of Flotta Lauro |
| 1984 | Chartered to Greek Chandris group |
| 1985 | 7 October, seized and diverted by a commando from “Palestine Liberation Front” when cruising in the Mediterranean Sea; the surrender of the terrorists it turns out that an American passenger, Jew and paralytic, was brutally murdered |
| 1990 | the hijacking is told in the movie “Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair” (1990), quite shot on the “Achille Lauro”, directed by Alberto Negrin with the actors Burt Lancaster and Eva Marie Saint. |
| 1994 | 30 November, caught fire off the coast of Somalia sinking 2 December |
| 2009 | April, after 23 years and 8 months the chief command is released for good behaviour from prison in Palermo. |
Architects and interior designers
Ennio Cantù, Carlo Pouchain.
Artists
Massimo Campigli, Carlo Carrà, Pio e Silvio Eroli, Salvatore Fiume, Sigfrido Maovaz, Marcello Mascherini, Mathieu Mategot, Luigi Mazzella, Luciano Minguzzi, Federico Morgante, Giò Pomodoro, Gregorio Sciltian, Mario Sinisca, Mario Sironi, Piero Zuffi.
Works by Mascherini:
- Nudo dalle braccia incrociate (1953, bronze, h. 140 cm., cat. 393), touris-class large gala room, mounted on the ship in 1966.
