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.
Despite rms TITANIC , ss PRINCIPESSA MAFALDA somehow has disappeared into the mists of time. Except for a small group of followers. This is mostly a reflection of the fact, that it was an Italian ship, carrying a complement that was almost exclusively Latino. The disaster of the MORRO CASTLE was a less significant event, and yet the amount of information and coverage, even today, is exponentially greater. Earl of Cruise by João Martins , editing by Earl of Cruise The Italian "rms TITANIC", ss PRINCIPESSA MAFALDA - Source: Wikipedia D espite the sinking of the ss ANDREADORIA 30 years later being much better known, the greatest tragedy in Italian shipping and largest ever in the Southern Hemisphere in peacetime was the sinking of the ss PRINCIPESSA MAFALDA in 1927. Builder Cantiere Riva Trigoso, Riva Trigoso No. 42 Launching 22. Oktober 1908 Commissioning 30. März 1909 25. Oktober 1927 su...
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