SS Conte di Savoia

History
Kingdom of Italy
NameSS Conte di Savoia
OwnerItalian Line
Port of registryFlag of Italy Kingdom of Italy
BuilderCantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico of Trieste, Italy
Launched28 October 1931
ChristenedMarie José of Belgium
Maiden voyage30 November 1932
FateScrapped in 1950
General characteristics
TypeOcean liner
Tonnage48,502 gross register tons
Length248.25 m (814.5 feet)
Beam29.28 m (96 feet)
Height35 m (114.8 feet)
Draught9.5 m (31.2 feet)
Installed powerSteam turbines
PropulsionQuadruple propellers
Speed27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Capacity
  • 2,200 total:
  • 500 first class
  • 366 second class
  • 412 tourist class
  • 922 third class
Crew786 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.

  1. ^ a b Dawson, p. 108