B. N.G.I. (NAVAGAZIONE
GENERALE
ITALIANA)
(1921- 1937)
1. 1921
Service: Genoa Via Suez to Sydney and Brisbane
Capera (ex-War Sword).– scs 8,244t
1917 Almeda, California
1920 acqd and r/n. Put
on
service to Australia
2. 1923
Service Genoa via Suez to Fremantle, Melbourne ,
Sydney and Brisbane
As Gneisnau. From
the "Old Ship Picture Galleries"
Citta di Genova (ex-Gneisnau) -
sln 3
photos Digital Order:
twscs 7,728t 1903 Stettin
No. a636840 uw
1918
taken over by Belgium
No. a636841 am
Government.
No. a636842 am.
1921 sold to an Italian
company
and r/n.Citta di Genova
1923 transferred to N.G.I
and put on the Australia run.
1930 scrapped
Postcard
in the author's collection
Palermo (ex-San Giovanni) –
sln 4 photos Digital Order:
twscs 6,999gt 1907 Sunderland
No.
a639047 aq
(Built for Sicula Americana).
No. a639048 am
1917
sold to another Italian
No.
a639049 am
company.
No. a639050 uw
1921
transferred to N.G.I.
(with tug
alongside)
r/n Palermo
c.1925 on Australia
service
1928 scrapped.
Postcard in the author's collection
Napoli
(ex-San Giorgio) –
twscs 6,161gt 1907 Sunderland.
(Built for Sicula Americana).
1917 sold to another
Italian company.
1921 transferred to
N.G.I. and
r/n Napoli.
c. 1925 on Australia
service
1926 scrapped
Postcard in the author's collection
Taormina – twscs 8,298gt 1908 Glasgow
sln 4 photos Digital Order:
(Built for an Italian company).
No. a639815 aq
1919
transferred to N.G.I.
No. a639816
(leaving quay)
1926
on Australia service
No.
a639817 (leaving quay)
1929
scrapped
No. a639818 uw
Equatore (ex-Fionia of East
Asiatic and Christian X of
Hamburg-American).–
twscm 4,965gt 1912 Copenhagen
1915 taken over by
Italian Government
r/n Fratelli Bandiera.
1922 sold to Italian buyers
and r/n Clelia C.
1926 transferred to N.G.I.
and
r/n Equatore and on the
Australia service
1928 withdrawn.
1937 sold to Norwegian buyers.
1939 scrapped.
3. From 1930 the Italian
Government established
and subsidized a Joint Working of the Australian
Route by Lloyd Saubaudo and N.G.I with four
ships chartered from Lloyd Triestino. Their route
was from Genoa via Suez to Fremantle, Melbourne,
Sydney and
Brisbane The four ships were:
Remo
/ Romolo (sister ships) - Postcard in the
author's collection
Remo –
twscm 9,780gt
1927 Trieste slv 2
photos Image:
Australia run from 1930
No. gr001514 ut
No. b37895 ut
Romolo – twscm
9,780gt 1926 Trieste sln 4 photos
Digital Order
Australia run from 1930
No. a639462 uw
No. a639463 uw
No. a639464 uw
No. a639465 wu
slq
photo Image
No.109030
(May
1933)
From the "Old Ship Picture
Galleries"
Viminale
– twscm 8,657gt 1925
Trieste slv 2 photos
Image:
(Built for Lloyd Triestino)
No. b37896 uw
1925 Far East service
No. gr001516 uw
1930 chartered
to Lloyd Sabaudo
for their Australian service
1932 transfered to Italia Flotta Riunite
1935 used as a
troopship - two
voyages to East Africa
1936 on South
American service
1937 transferred
back to Lloyd Triestino
(further
history below)
Esquilino - twscm 8,657gt 1925 Trieste
(Built for Lloyd Triestino - sitership to
Viminale)
1925 Far East
service
1930 chartered to Lloyd Sabaudo
for their Australian service
1932 transferred to Italia Riunite
1936 transferred
to South American
route
1937 back with
Lloyd Triestino
(further history below)
Link to Lloyd Triestino
Link to Sources
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