SS Conte Verde

The Conte Verde (Italian for green Graf, named after Amadeus VI. ) Was an Italian battleship with 18,765 GRT, which was launched in 1923.

She was the sister ship of 1922 that entered service in Conte Rosso ( 18,017 GRT). The steamboat went to 1932 with the shipping company Lloyd Sabaudo especially on the route Genoa - New York. From 1932 it operated the flight Trieste for Lloyd Trientino - Shanghai. During the Second World War, the Conte Verde was first established in Shanghai in 1942 and chartered by the Japanese government. From 30 June to 23 July 1942, the ship carried on behalf of the Japanese from Shanghai 639 American civilian internees who were exchanged. After the armistice between the Allies and Italy, she was sunk by the Italian occupation. The Japanese carried the ship and repaired it; From 1943, they put it under the name Kotobuki Maru as a warship. In 1944 the ship was sunk in a U.S. air strike against Kyoto.

1930 transported the Conte Verde, three European national soccer teams for the World Cup in Uruguay to Montevideo. On board, the teams were from Romania (from Genoa ), France with the FIFA President Jules Rimet (from Villefranche -sur -Mer ) and Belgium (from Barcelona). In Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian selection also rose to. Moreover, traveled on the Conte Verde World Cup and the three arbitrators John Langenus, Henri Christophe and Thomas Balvay from Europe to South America. In addition, the Russian singer Fyodor Chaliapin traveled on the ship. The fourth European team, Yugoslavia, did not travel with the Conte Verde, but from Marseille with the MS Florida.