Mixed motorship, Lloyd Triestino, Trieste.
Shipyard | Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, Cantiere di Monfalcone |
Tonnage | 4,013 tons |
Length | 101.80 m |
Breadth | 15.20 m |
Motor system | 2 diesel motors by FIAT |
Manufacturer | FIAT, Turin |
Power | 5,520 HP |
Cruising speed | 17 knots |
Passengers | 80 (I), 34 (II), 42 (III) |
1933 | launched on 26 June; delivered to Lloyd Triestino on 12 October |
1933 | 14 October, maiden voyage Trieste – Venice – Brindisi – Pireo – Rodi – Alexandria |
1937 | 1 January, transferred to Adriatica di Navigazione, Venice |
1939 | September, makes some service voyages for Italian Government |
1940 | 25 June, commandeered by Marina Italiana in Siracusa for troop transport to Northern Africa |
1940 | 10 July, makes the first transportation in convoy from Naples to Bengasi-Tripoli and back; the ship was subjected to work for war service |
1941 | 3 June, designed to link Italian islands in Aegean Sea, leaves Brindisi for the first among nine missions to Rhodes |
1941 | 11 December, torpedoed and sunk by British submarine 40 miles to the West of Sapientza Island with a loss of 155 lives |
Architects and interior designers
Gustavo Pulitzer Finali.
Artists
Augusto Cernigoj, Marcello Mascherini.
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