Works for liners
Australia
Passenger motorship, Lloyd Triestino, Trieste.
| Shipyard | Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, Cantiere San Marco, Trieste |
| Tonnage | 12,840 tons |
| Length | 161.10 m |
| Breadth | 21.20 m |
| Motor system | 2 C.R.D.A. Sulzer diesel motors |
| Manufacturer | Fabbrica Macchine Sant’Andrea, Trieste |
| Power | 14,000 HP |
| Cruising speed | 18 knots |
| Passengers | 280 (I), 120 (II), 390 (III). |
| 1950 | 21 May, launched |
| 1951 | 19 April, maiden voyage Genoa – Suez – Sydney - Melbourne |
| 1963 | 4 April, transferred to the shipping company Italia di Navigazione (Genoa), renamed Donizetti |
| 1963 | 10 June, first voyage Genoa – Naples – Panama - Valparaiso |
| 1976 | 27 July, laid up up in Genoa |
| 1977 | 4 July, delivered to Cantieri del Golfo (La Spezia) for demolition. |
Architects and interior designers
Lucio Arneri, Romano Boico, Aldo Cervi, Raffaello Fagnoni, Vittorio Frandoli, Luigi Martellani, Umberto Nordio, Gustavo Pulitzer Finali, Pierluigi Spadolini.
Artists
Marcello Fantoni, Marcello Mascherini, Dino Predonzani, Umberto Rossi, Gemma Fagnoni Spadolini.
Works by Mascherini:
- Aborigeno e Canguro (1950-51, wood, h. 165 cm., cat. 347), couple of sculptures made of wood with black, red and white inlays, first class hall; Aborigeno is held in the Galleria Storica del Lloyd Triestino, Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trieste, while the location of Canguro is unknown;
- Coppe illuminanti (1950-51), moulded by Mascherini and lacquered by Dino Predonzani, hung on the lounge walls;
- Medaglia per il varo della m/n Australia (1951, cat. 884), bronze, 50.5 mm. diameter; silver, 23 mm. diameter, both reporting the date “19-IV-1951”.
