Passenger turbine ship, Italia, Società per Azioni di Navigazione, Genoa.
Shipyard | Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, Cantiere San Marco, Trieste |
Tonnage | 45,933 tons |
Length | 275.71 m |
Breadth | 31.06 m |
Motor system | 2 sets of double-demoltiplication turbine-reducers |
Manufacturer | Ansaldo Stabilimento Meccanico, Genoa Sampierdarena |
Power | 87,000 HP |
Cruising speed | 30 knots |
Passengers | 535 (I), 550 (II), 690 (III). |
1963 | 24 March, launched |
1965 | 25 July, maiden voyage Genoa – Cannes – Naples - New York |
1975 | 4 March, last voyage Genoa – Cannes – Naples - New York |
1976 | 12 December, sold to the Iranian imperial navy |
1977 | 24 August, arrives to Bandar Abbas in the Persian Gulf, been then transferred to Bushir where used as barrack ship for the Iranian imperial navy |
1982 | 22 November, bombed and set on fire by Iraqi fighter planes during the war between Iran and Iraq, the ship sinks on a 40 meters depth. |
Architects and interior designers
Studio Aloi-Morosati, Michele e Giancarlo Busiri Vici, Aldo Cervi, Vittorio Frandoli, Attilio ed Emilio La Padula, Umberto Nordio, Fabio Massimo Poggiolini, Alessandro Psacaropulo, Piero Sartogo, Luciano Semerani, Gigetta Tamaro.
Artists
Roberto Aloi, Guido Cadorin, Domenico Cantatore, Ugo Carà, Augusto Cernigoj, Bruno Chersicla, Francesco Coccia, Antonio Corpora, Mario Deluigi, Gianni Dova, Leonor Fini, Franco Gentilini, Emilio Greco, Michelangelo Guacci, Costantino Guenzi, Bice Lazzari, Umberto Lilloni, Mino Maccari, Edgardo Mannucci, Marcello Mascherini, Roberto Matta, Giovanni Omiccioli, Assia Olsoufief Busiri Vici, Nino Perizi, Fausto Pirandello, Vittorio Porro, Dino Predonzani, Alice Psacaropulo, Domenico Purificato, Miela Reina, Mario Ridolfi, Federico Righi, Romano Rui, Bruno Saetti, Giuseppe Santomaso, Carlo Sbisà, Gregorio Sciltian, Gino Severini, Luigi Spacal, Adriano Spilimbergo, Federico Spoltore, Orfeo Tamburi, Giulio Turcato, Emilio Vedova, Giuseppe Zigaina.
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