Passenger turbine ship, Italia Società per Azioni di Navigazione, Genoa.
Shipyard | Ansaldo, Genoa Sestri |
Tonnage | 33,340 tons |
Length | 233.43 m |
Breadth | 28.08 m |
Motor system | 2 sets of double-moltiplication turbine-reducers |
Manufacturer | Ansaldo Stabilimento Meccanico, Genoa Sampierdarena |
Power | 36,000 HP |
Cruising speed | 23 knots |
Passengers | 413 (I), 342 (II), 571 (III). |
1958 | 7 December, launched |
1960 | 17 June, maiden voyage Genoa – Naples - New York |
1977 | 25 March, last line voyage New York - Genoa |
1977 | April, transferred to Italia Crociere Internazionali |
1977 | June, first cruise to Port Everglades, Nassau |
1978 | 23 September, laid up in La Spezia |
1980 | 3 July, destroyed by fire, towed off-shore, overturns and sinks in low depth |
1981 | 23 March, recovered and sold for demolition. |
Architects and interior designers
Alessandro Alessandri, Luigi Carlo Daneri, Eugenio Gentili, Mario Gottardi, Marco Lavarello, Matteo Longoni, Amedeo Luccichenti, Millo Marchi, Giulio Minoletti, Vincenzo Monaco, Marinella Ottolenghi, Gustavo Pulitzer Finali, Antonio Ratti, Mario Tevarotto, Nino Zoncada.
Artists
Olimpia Bernini, Corrado Cagli, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Eugenio Carmi, Aldo Carpi, Felice Casorati, Bruno Cassinari, Leo Castelli, Vincenzo Ciardo, Antonio Corpora, Luca Crippa, Renata e Carlo Cuneo, Cristoforo De Amicis, Paolo De Poli, Gianni Dova, Luigi Dragoni, Renato Guttuso, Dino Lanaro, Emanuele Luzzati, Mino Maccari, Mario Mafai, Marcello Mascherini, Marino Mazzacurati, Francesco Menzio, Bruno Munari, Enrico Paulucci, Fausto Pirandello, Dino Predonzani, Mimmo Rotella, Bruno Saetti, Giuseppe Santomaso, Emilio Scanavino, Gino Severini, Luigi Spacal, Domenico Spinosa, Orfeo Tamburi, Fiorenzo Tomea, Franca Tosi, Giulio Turcato, Emilio Vedova, Mario Vellani Marchi, Umberto Zimelli, Guido Ziveri.
Works by Mascherini:
First-class dining room; collection of Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome: