Works for liners
Guglielmo Marconi
Passenger turbine ship, Lloyd Triestino, Trieste.
| Shipyard | Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, Cantiere di Monfalcone |
| Tonnage | 27,095 tons |
| Length | 213.65 m |
| Breadth | 28.71 m |
| Motor system | 2 sets of double-demoltiplication turbine-reducers |
| Manufacturer | Fabbrica Macchine Sant’Andrea, Trieste |
| Power | 44,000 HP |
| Cruising speed | 24 knots |
| Passengers | 156 (I), 1594 (Tourist-class). |
| 1961 | 24 September, launched |
| 1963 | 18 November, maiden voyage Genoa – Naples – Messina - Port Said – Aden – Fremantle – Melbourne - Sydney |
| 1975 | December, transferred to Società Italia di Navigazione |
| 1976 | 17 January, first voyage Genoa – Naples – Santos - Rio de Janeiro – Montevideo - Buenos Aires |
| 1977 | 3 May, last voyage Genoa – Naples – Santos - Rio de Janeiro – Montevideo - Buenos Aires |
| 1977 | October, delivered to Cantieri Navalmeccanica in Naples to be adjusted to single class |
| 1978 | 27 December, first cruises from New York to Caribbean Sea when chartered to Italia Crociere Internazionali s.p.a., Genoa |
| 1980 | 15 October, laid up in Genoa |
| 1983 | 22 October, sold to Costa Armatori s.p.a., renamed Costa Riviera, then delivered to shipyard T. Mariotti to be transformed into luxury cruise ship |
| 1985 | 27 November, transformed and considerably enlarged, leaves Genoa towards Port Everglades where starts the cruise service in the Caribbean Sea; takes service in Alaska in the summertime |
| 1993 | joins the American Family Cruise fleet, joint venture between Costa Crociere and Bruce Nierenburg, for cruises in the Northern American area addressed to young families with children, renamed American Adventure after adjusting works at the shipyard I.N.M.A. in La Spezia |
| 1994 | retakes the name Costa Riviera and is assigned to cruise service in Europe with departure Genoa port |
| 1995 | transferred to Liberia flag, registered in Monrovia |
| 2000 | transferred to Italian flag, registered in Genoa |
| 2002 | February, to Indian demolition company and renamed Liberty for its last voyage from Genoa towards Alang, where it arrives in March for demolition. |
Architects and interior designers
Ugo Carà, Aldo Cervi, Giovanni Bernè, Romano Boico, Vittorio Frandoli, Matteo Longoni, Umberto Nordio, Carlo Pouchain, Alessandro Psacaropulo, Gustavo Pulitzer Finali, Studio Clementi e Lazzoni.
Artists
Ugo Carà, Enzo Cogno, Felicita Frai, Tranquillo Marangoni, Marcello Mascherini, Federico Morgante, Nino Perizi, Dino Predonzani, Miela Rejna, Gianni Russian, Mario Sinisca.
Works by Mascherini:
- Chimera alata (1958, bronze, l. 130,5 x h. 173 cm., cat. 493), first-class lounge room; Galleria Storica del Lloyd Triestino, Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trieste; a second bronze exemplar is preserved at The Hakone Open Air Museum in Japan;
- Cavallo rampante (1962, bronze, l. 225 x h. 150 cm., cat. 588 bis), first-class lounge room; Galleria Storica del Lloyd Triestino, Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trieste;
- Guglielmo Marconi (1962, gilded bronze, cat. 589), first-class hall; unknown location.
