(3IT) THREE ITALIAN SHIPPING
COMPANIES
SERVICES
TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW
ZEALAND 1920-1976
A. LLOYD SABAUDO
B. N.G.I. (NAVAGAZIONE GENERALE ITALIANA)
C. LLOYD TRIESTINO
A. LLOYD SABAUDO
Services to Australia, 1921-1930
1. 1921 (Genoa via Suez to Melbourne and
Sydney)
Carignano (ex-War Pidgeon) – scs
5,359t
1918 Stockton acqd r/n c.1921
Moncalieri (ex–War Linnet) –
scs 5,267t
1918 Stockton acqd r/n c.1921
1923-1925 Genoa via
Suez
to Fremantle.
Melbourne and Sydney
From the "Old Ship Picture
Galleries"
Principessa Giovanna – twscs
8,585gt sln 3 photos
Digital Order:
1923 Taranto
No. a639298 uw
1923 (Aug) Genoa-Suez-Fremantle-
Melbourne-Sydney
1925 onwards mainly South
American No. a639299 uw
trade.
No. a639300 am
1932 transferred to
Flotte Riunite.
Given
a second funnel
1940 troopship to North Africa
1943(Jan) converted to a
hospital ship
(May) bombed and damaged
(Sep) at Ancona when Italy
surrendered. Departed immediately
for Malta
1944 British hospital ship then
troopship
1946 returned to owners
1947 transferred to
Italia Line
r/n San Giorgio
1952 transferred
to Lloyd Triestino
1953 scrapped
Principessa Maria –
twscs 8,329t
sln 3 photos Digital Order:
1923
Taranto
No. a639301 uw
1923 Australian service
No. a639302
aq
1925
onwards mainly South
No. a639303 (ashore)
American trade.
1932 transferred to Italia
Line.
1940 (Jun) interned at
Buenos Aires when Italy
entered the war
1941 refitted and sold to
Argentine Government,
r/n Rio de la
Plata
1944 grounded and sunk
at Acapulco
2. 1925-1928-
(Genoa via Suez to Fremantle,
Melbourne and Sydney)
Postcard in the
author's
collection
Re D’Italia – twscs 6,237t 1907
sln photo Digital Order
Sunderland
No. a639377 am
Built for North Atlantic trade.
1922, transferred to
South
American trade..
1925, transferred to
Australia service.
1930 scrapped.
Regina D’Italia – twscs 6,560t
1907 sln 5 photos
Digital Order:
Sunderland.
No. a639379 aq
Built for North Atlantic trade.
No. a639380 am
1922,
transferred to South
No. a 639381 am
American
trade.
No. a639382 uw
1925, transferred to
Australia service
No. a639383 uw
1930,
scrapped
slv 2 photos Image No:
No. b42762 uw
No. b42765 uw
Postcard in the
author's collection
Principe di Udine – twscs 7,828gt 1908
sln photo am Digital
Order
Glasgow
No.
a639296 am
Built for South American trade.
1926 transferred to
Australia service.
1929 scrapped.
Postcard in the author's collection
Tomaso di Savoie – twscs 7,761gt 1907
Glasgow.
Built for South American trade.
1926 transferred to
Australia service.
1928 scrapped
Maria
Christina (ex-Corcovado) -
slv 2 photos Image:
twscs 8,512gt 1908 Kiel
No. b37899 ut
(Built for Hamburg-America Line)
No. gr001518 ut
1919 taken over by French
Government.
1920 sold to Sicula
Americano
r/n Gugliemo Pierce
1927 acqd by Sabaudo
Lloyd.r/n
Maria Christina.
1929 on Australia
service.
1930 sold to Portuguese
buyers r/n Mouzinho
. 1954
scrapped
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