SS Conte di Savoia

The Conte di Savoia was an Italian - Atlantic liner.

History

The Conte di Savoia, named after the House of Savoy, was originally commissioned by the shipping company Lloyd Sabaudo -line in order, which, however, still went up in the construction period in the Italia fleet Riunite. The ship was built at the shipyard Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico in Trieste in 1932 and ran from the stack. She was also similar in construction to the fleet of the Italia Riunite operated Rex.

Already on her maiden voyage from Genoa to New York City joined the ship on a leak below the water line, but that could be quickly closed again. By 1940, the Conte di Savoia was in the service line. Subsequently, she was used as a troop transport during World War II and sunk during an air raid on 11 September 1943. 1945 lifted until 1950 operated only to be scrapped five years later.

Technical Description

A special technical feature was her gyroscope, which should compensate for a strong rolling of the ship even in heavy seas. Since this system envisaged, that the ship during erection behaved very sluggish, it was later used only for the transatlantic crossings westbound. The ship had a capacity of 2200 passengers.

In the battle for the blue ribbon the ship a success was never granted, but they could at least once to achieve a Reiseetmal which only 0.2 knots under the then owner, the Rex, was.

Swell

  • The Conte di Savoia on 20thcenturyliners.com. Accessed on 22 October 2010 (English ).
  • The Conte di Savoia on oceanlinermuseum.co.uk. Accessed on 22 October 2010 (English ).
  • The Conte di Savoia on newyorksocialdiary.com. Accessed on 21 October 2011 ( English).
  • The Conte di Savoia on thegreatoceanliners.com. Accessed on 21 October 2011 ( English).
  • Steam ship
  • Passenger ship (Italy )
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