Italian Line

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Italian Line
legal form
founding 1932
resolution 2002
Reason for dissolution Acquired by d'Amico Società di Navigazione
Seat Genoa , Italy
Branch Shipping company

The Italian Line or Italia Line (official name Italia Società di Navigazione ) was an Italian shipping company based in Genoa , which existed from 1932 to 2002. The shipping company operated passenger and cruise ships until 1981, after which it switched to cargo ships.

history

The Italian Line was founded in 1932 after the Navigazione Generale Italiana and Lloyd Sabaudo merged to form a joint shipping company. Initially, the newly founded shipping company bought older Cosulich Line ships , but shortly afterwards, the shipping company's first newbuildings, the Rex and the Conte di Savoia, were put into service. The Rex won the Blue Ribbon in 1933 , which was good advertising for the still young shipping company. At the beginning of the war, the Italian Line's fleet consisted of thirteen ships, only four of which were spared from destruction. At the end of the 1940s, the shipping company therefore decided to build new passenger ships to compensate for this deficit. These ships, put into service from 1951 to 1954, were the Giulio Cesare , Augustus , Andrea Doria and the Cristoforo Colombo . in July 1956 the Andrea Doria sank off Nantucket Island, which caused a great loss of image for the shipping company. As a replacement for the sunken ship, the even larger Leonardo da Vinci was put into service in 1960 . It was followed in 1965 by the sister ships Raffaello and Michelangelo . In the 1970s, the shipping company shifted its focus to cruises and specifically founded a cruise offshoot called Italia Crociere in 1977, in which, in addition to the old units of the shipping company still in service, newly purchased ships from other shipping companies were used. However, this remained without great success, so that the shipping company decommissioned all passenger ships in 1980 and now only operated cargo ships. In 1998 the shipping company, which had belonged to the state for many years, was sold to the Italian d'Amico Società di Navigazione. In 2002 the Italian Line was finally dissolved after 70 years.

Passenger ships

year Surname tonnage shipyard Status / fate
1932 (1908) Tel Aviv 8312 GRT Russell & Co., Port Glasgow Scrapped in 1934
1932 (1917) Colombo 12003 GRT Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company , Jarrow Sunk in 1941
1932 (1922) Conte Rosso 18017 GRT William Beardmore and Company , Glasgow Sunk in 1941
1932 (1923) Giulio Cesare 22576 GRT Swan Hunter , Wallsend Sold in 1937, destroyed in an air raid in 1944
1932 (1923) Duilio 24,281 GRT Cantieri Navali Ansaldo di Sestri Ponente, Genoa Sold in 1937, sunk in 1944
1932 (1925) Conte Biancamano 23562 GRT William Beardmore and Company, Glasgow Scrapped in 1961
1932 (1926) Roma 32583 GRT Giovanni Ansaldo & Co. , Sestri Ponente Converted to an aircraft carrier in 1941 , sunk in 1945
1932 (1927) Augustus 32650 GRT Cantieri Navali Ansaldo di Sestri Ponente, Genoa Converted to an aircraft carrier in 1942, sunk in 1944
1932 (1927) Saturnia 23,940 GRT Cantiere Navale Triestino, Monfalcone Scrapped in 1965
1932 (1928) Vulcania 23,970 GRT Cantiere Navale Triestino, Monfalcone Sold in 1965, scrapped in 1974
1932 (1928) Conte Grande 25,661 GRT Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino , Trieste Scrapped in 1961
1932 Conte di Savoia 48502 GRT Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Trieste Sunk in 1943
1932 Rex 51061 GRT Cantieri navali Ansaldo di Sestri Ponente, Genoa Sunk in 1944
1935 (1923) Calabria 9,475 GRT AG Weser , Bremen Sold in 1936, sunk in 1940
1935 (1918) Liguria 13967 GRT Barclay, Curle & Company, Belfast Sunk in 1940
1935 (1923) Sardegna 11,392 GRT Bremer Vulkan , Vegesack Sold in 1937, sunk in 1940
1935 (1923) Sicilia 9449 GRT AG Weser, Bremen Sold in 1936, sunk in 1943
1935 (1923) Toscana 9429 GRT AG Weser, Bremen Sold in 1936, scrapped in 1962
1937 (1932) Neptunia 19,475 GRT Cantieri Riuniti dell 'Adriatico, Trieste Sunk in 1941
1937 (1932) Oceania 19507 GRT Cantieri Riuniti dell 'Adriatico, Trieste Sunk in 1941
1949 Paolo Toscanelli 9004 GRT unknown Sold in 1963, scrapped in 1973
1951 Giulio Cesare 27078 GRT Cantieri Riuniti dell 'Adriatico, Trieste Scrapped in 1974
1952 Augustus 27090 GRT Cantieri Riuniti dell 'Adriatico, Trieste Sold in 1976, scrapped in 2012
1953 Andrea Doria 29083 GRT Cantieri Navali Ansaldo di Sestri Ponente, Genoa 1956 sunk
1954 Cristoforo Colombo 29,191 GRT Cantieri Navali Ansaldo di Sestri Ponente, Genoa Sold in 1977, scrapped in 1983
1960 Leonardo da Vinci 33,340 GRT Cantieri Navali Ansaldo di Sestri Ponente, Genoa cruise ship from 1977, burned out and sunk in 1980
1963 (1951) Donizetti 13226 GRT Cantieri Riuniti dell 'Adriatico, Trieste Scrapped in 1977
1963 (1951) Rossini 13225 GRT Cantieri Riuniti dell 'Adriatico, Trieste Scrapped in 1977
1963 (1951) Verdi 13226 GRT Cantieri Riuniti dell 'Adriatico, Trieste Scrapped in 1977
1965 Michelangelo 45,911 GRT Cantieri Navali Ansaldo di Sestri Ponente, Genoa Sold in 1977, scrapped in 1991
1965 Raffaello 45,911 GRT Cantieri Riuniti dell`Adriatico, Trieste Sold in 1977, sunk in 1983
1977 (1963) Guglielmo Marconi 30,360 GRT Cantieri Riuniti dell`Adriatico, Monfalcone Sold in 1983, scrapped in 2002
1979 (1963) Galileo Galilei 30,044 GRT Cantieri Riuniti dell`Adriatico, Monfalcone Sold in 1983, dropped in 1999
1979 (1957) Ausonia 12,609 GRT Cantieri Riuniti dell`Adriatico, Monfalcone Sold in 1983, scrapped in 2010

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