tn (ss) MICHELANGELO entering the port of New York after the inaugural crossing on the Lido Route (ITALIA S.p.A.) or the Sunny Lane (AMERICAN EXPORT LINES). But after 10 years the fiesta Italiana was at an end. MICHELANGELO and RAFFAELLO had been the last true transatlantic liners and in my mind the last real ships, estically and beautiful designed, came from Italian shipbuilders.
Germany’s two luxury liners, BREMEN and EUROPA , have not only played an important part in their country’s mercantile revival, but have added also an immortal chapter to the history of transatlantic travel. Copy from Shipping Wonders of the World From part 6 , published 17 March 1936 editing by Earl of Cruise ss / ts BREMEN in her early years - Source: Shipping Wonders of the World/Bundespresse Archiv The PRIDE OF A NATION - the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD quadruple-screw turbine express liner BREMEN . The keel of this ship was laid in June 1927. Her launch took place in August, 1928. In less than a year later, the Bremen made her first voyage to America, when she crossed the Atlantic from Cherbourg to New York in four days seventeen hours forty-two minutes, thus setting up a new record and gaining the coveted “Blue Riband”. During the passage the Bremen attained an average speed of 27.83 knots. ss / ts BREMEN in her early years - Source: W ikipedia For the pop...
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