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SS Cristoforo Colombo photographed in the port of Venice, in October 1972
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History | |
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Italy | |
Name | SS Cristoforo Colombo |
Namesake | Christopher Columbus |
Owner | Italian Line |
Port of registry | Italy |
Builder | Ansaldo Shipyards of Genoa, Italy |
Launched | 10 May 1953 |
Maiden voyage | 1954 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1982 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Andrea Doria-class Ocean liner |
Tonnage | 29,191 gross register tons |
Length | 700 feet (216.6 m) |
Beam | 90 feet (27.9 m) |
Installed power | Steam turbines |
Propulsion | Twin screws |
Speed | 23 knots |
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SS Cristoforo Colombo (Italian pronunciation: [kriˈstɔːforo koˈlombo]) was an Italian ocean liner built in the 1950s, sister ship of the SS Andrea Doria.