History | |
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Kingdom of Italy | |
Name | SS Conte di Savoia |
Owner | Italian Line |
Port of registry | Kingdom of Italy |
Builder | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico of Trieste, Italy |
Launched | 28 October 1931 |
Christened | Marie José of Belgium |
Maiden voyage | 30 November 1932 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1950 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | 48,502 gross register tons |
Length | 248.25 m (814.5 feet) |
Beam | 29.28 m (96 feet) |
Height | 35 m (114.8 feet) |
Draught | 9.5 m (31.2 feet) |
Installed power | Steam turbines |
Propulsion | Quadruple propellers |
Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
Capacity |
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Crew | 786 total |
SS Conte di Savoia ("Count of Savoy") was an Italian ocean liner built in 1932 at the Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Trieste.[1]
Conte di Savoia was originally ordered for the Lloyd Sabaudo line; however, after a merger with the Navigazione Generale Italiana, the ship was completed for the newly formed Italia Flotte Riunite.[1] The new Italia Line also controlled Rex, a similar though slightly larger ship completed just two months before Conte di Savoia. The Conte di Savoia was more modern in decoration and appearance than Rex and was the first major liner fitted with gyroscopic stabilisers.