Works for liners
Victoria
Passenger motorship, Lloyd Triestino, Trieste.
| Shipyard | Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, Cantiere San Marco, Trieste |
| Tonnage | 13,062 tons |
| Length | 164.6 m |
| Breadth | 21.3 m |
| Motor system | 4 Sulzer diesel motors |
| Manufacturer | Fabbrica Macchine Sant’Andrea, Trieste, under license by Sulzer, Winterthur |
| Power | 18,850 HP |
| Cruising speed | 23.26 knots |
| Passengers | 239 (I), 245 (II), 182 (III). |
| 1930 | 6 December, launched |
| 1931 | 27 June, maiden voyage Trieste – Venice – Brindisi – Alexandria (Egypt) |
| 1932 | 24 January, first trip Genoa – Bombay |
| 1936 | October, first trip Genoa – Suez – Bombay – Singapore - Shanghai |
| 1940 | June, laid up in Genoa after Italy enters the war |
| 1941 | 8 January, commandeered by Italian Navy as troop-ship to Northern Africa |
| 1942 | 23 January, scuttled by British torpedo bombers in Sirte gulf when sailing in convoy from Taranto to Tripoli. |
Architects and interior designers
Vittorio Ducrot, Studio Stuard, Gustavo Pulitzer Finali, Portois & Fix.
Artists
Libero Andreotti, Augusto Cernigoj, Pietro Chiesa, Elena Fondra, Maryla Lednicka, Marcello Mascherini, Giò Ponti.
Works by Mascherini:
- Il Duce (1931, bronze, cat. 51), first class gala room;
- Il Re (1931, bronze, cat. 52), first class gala room;
- Fascio littorio (1931, bronze), bridge.
Thanks to telegrams exchanged in June 1931 between the Secretariat of the Government Head (Alessandro Chiavolini) and the Prefect in Trieste (Ettore Porro) we know that Benito Mussolini did not appreciate the portrait made by Mascherini and ordered its recall from the ship. Follows the Mascherini’s explanatory letter dated 23 July to Lloyd Triestino Management: “… I enclose a photograph of my work also because I think that the judgement fault expressed on it has been originated by very bad reproduction made by the newpaper «Il Piccolo»…” (La «Victoria« al Molo dei Bersaglieri in attesa del viaggio inaugurale. Un capolavoro della tecnica navale e dell’arte decorativa del Novecento, in “Il Piccolo”, Trieste, 25 June 1931). The telegram dated 19 August 1931 positively ends the question: “… Examined the provided clarifications, His Excellency the Head of the Government gives his consent the known sculpture not to be removed”.
