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Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships
My blog contains mini-histories and photos of 2200 ships loaded in a random order. It is a data listing of liners, ferries, cruise and troop ships; every passenger carrying ship over 10000 tons dating from 1858 to the newbuilds of today.
Tag Archives: Ansaldo
No.927 Michelangelo launched 16 Sep 1962
Completed April 1965 45,911grt for ‘Italia’ SAN from Ansaldo, Sestri-Ponente 1976 sold to Iran Scrapped Gadani Beach, Pakistan 1991 IMO 5234113 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color, Postcard Per E. Merok & John Brooks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Michelangelo Michelangelo in Geiranger, Norway in 1972. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ansaldo, Gadani Beach, IMO 5234113, Italia SAN, Michelangelo, Sestri Ponente
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No.446 Augustus launched in 1926
32,650grt for Navigazione Generale Italiana from Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente Taken over by the Italian Navy, the Augustus was converted into an aircraft carrier and renamed Falco and later Sparviero Scuttled Genoa 1944, scrapped 1946 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Augustus_(1926) Roma, Duilio e Augustus a … Continue reading
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Tagged Ansaldo, Augustus, Falco, Genoa, Genova, Navigazione Generale Italiana, Sestri Ponente, Sparviero
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No.462 Ausonia launched in 1927
12,955grt for Società Italiana di Transporti Marittimi Raggio & Co from Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente Fire 1935, scrapped Trieste Owned at the time of her loss by Lloyd Triestino, on voyage from Trieste to Alexandria in ballast, was badly damaged in … Continue reading
No.778 Rio de la Plata launched in 1949
11,317grt for Flota Mercante del Estado by Ansaldo, Sestri-Ponente Fire, scrapped in Buenos Aires 1968
No.545 Rex launched in 1931
51,062grt for ‘Italia’ Flotta Riunite by Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente Bombed south of Trieste 1944 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color The largest passenger liner to be lost by enemy action in wartime
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Tagged Ansaldo, Italia, rex, Sestri Ponente, Trieste
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The World's Passenger Ships 