Works for liners

Augustus

Passenger motorship, Italia, Società per Azioni di Navigazione, Genoa.

Shipyard	Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, Cantiere San Marco, Trieste
Tonnage	27,090 tons
Length	207.46 m
Breadth	26.67 m
Motor system	2 Fiat diesel motors
Manufacturer	Fiat Grandi Motori, Turin
Power	24,000 HP
Cruising speed	21.5 knots
Passengers	118 (I), 288 (II), 788 (III).
1951	19 November, launched
1952	4 March, maiden voyage Genoa – Cannes – Naples – Barcelona – Dakar - Rio de Janeiro – Santos – Montevideo - Buenos Aires
1957	19 January, first voyage Genoa – Naples - New York
1976	1 September, sold to Great Shipping Investments Ltd. (Hong Kong), renamed Great Sea, registered in Port Victoria, Seychelles Island; then registered in Panama and laid up in Hong Kong
1980	sold to Ocean King Navigation Corp. (Manila), renamed Ocean King
1982	14 January, arrives to Manila and laid up
1983	renamed Philippines
1985	sold to Philippine President Lines Inc., renamed President, used as a private ship by Ferdinand Marcos, President of Philippines
1987	sold to Philtrust Finance Ltd. (Hong Kong), renamed Asian Princess
1993	renamed Philippines, registered in Philippines for Philippine Passenger Lines Inc., Manila
1999	22 October, named Philippines and open to public for few months as hotel and restaurant
2001	May, the classification at the ABS register is suspended; keeps laying up in Manila port.
2011	September, the ship leaves Manila in tow to Alang (India) for demolition

Architects and interior designers
Romano Boico, Aldo Cervi, Vittorio Frandoli, Umberto Nordio, Gustavo Pulitzer Finali, Ugo Carà, Angelo Crippa.

Artists
Nicolò Costanzi, Emanuele Luzzati, Marcello Mascherini, Tranquillo Marangoni, Antonio Music, Dino Predonzani, Gianni Russian, Mirella e Carlo Sbisà.

Works by Mascherini:
First-class Gala room (1951, cat. 358):

1. Volo di gabbiani (1951, bronze, cat. 356);
2. Bora (1951, bronze, h. 135 cm., cat. 359); Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome;
3. Scirocco (1951, bronze, h. 130 cm., cat. 361); Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome;
4. Libeccio (1951, bronze, h. 130 cm., cat. 360);
5. La Pesca (1951, bronze bas-relief, l. 420 x h. 220 cm., cat. 363); Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome;
6. Lampade a conchiglia (eight lamps, 1951, polished bronze);
7. Transenna con motivo di galletti (1951, open-work bronze, l. 370 ca. x h. 60 cm., cat. 357).

Chapel (1951, cat. 349); Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna:

1. Parete dell’abside (1951, sculptured walnut, cat. 349), embellished by Christian symbols of Jesus’ life, passion and death inserted in 200 squares;
2. L’Arcangelo Gabriele (1951, bronze, h. 50 cm., cat. 355);
3. L’Annunciata (1951, bronze, h. 50 cm., cat. 354);
4. L’Addolorata (1951, bronze, h. 50 cm., cat. 353);
5. Cristo deposto (1948-1951, bronze, h. 50 cm., cat. 288, 352);
6. Altare (1951, sculpture walnut);
7. Tabernacolo con Crocifisso, Mensola e Candelieri (glided bronze, l. 160 x h. 60 cm., cat. 349-350);
8. Inginocchiatoi (two prie-dieux, 1951, sculptured walnut));
9. Fonte battesimale (1951, bronze, h. 140 cm., cat. 351);
10. Lampada votiva (1951, bronze);
11. Acquasantiere (three holy-water fonts, 1951, bronze).

First-class lounge room:

1. Shell-shaped lamps (eight lamps, 1951, polished bronze).

First- class staircase of communication between vestibule and galleries (1951):

1. Decorative leaves to adorn the balustrade (1951, bronze, 20×70 cm); Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome.