
(FL)
FLOTTA LAURO
Service to

From the "Old
Ship Picture Galleries"
1940
1941 abandoned as a burning wreck
in the
1944 salvaged and towed to
1945
seized by British
1946 purchased by Flotta
Lauro
and
rebuilt
1948-51 made 15 r/vs to
a schedule of 4 per year with
migrants
Return voyages via
nationals leaving
1952 passenger
accommodation
removed
1952-71 cargo vessel
1971 scrappede
Postcard
in the author's collection
Surriento
(ex-
ex-Santa
Maria) –
No. a639725 aq
twscm 10699t 1928 Haverton
No. a639726 aq
(Santa Maria was built for
Grace
No. a639727 aq
Line’s
America
1940 sold to US Navy
refitted as
troop transport r/n USS
Barnett
1948 purhased by Flotta
Lauro
and rebuilt
1949 made 3 r/vs from
Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney
1951,
scheduled to make bi-monthly
sailings
from
Fremantle,
Melbourne,
Dutch nationals
leaving
1951,
withdrawn from Australian
service
1952,
refitted
1953-56,
returned to the Australian
route
Roma (ex- HMS
Atheling,
slq photo Image
ex-USS Glacier (CVE-33)) -
scs 9000 displacement tons
1942,
1943,
commissioned as USS Glacier
1943, transferred to Royal
Navy
commissioned as HMS Atheling
1946, returned to the
U.S. Navy .
1949, sold to Flotta Lauro
Rebuilt:
scs 14,687gt 1950
Apart from a period 1953-1956
when the vessel was transferred
to
the South American service, the
Roma was on the
from 1951 to 1966.
service
1967 scrapped
From the
"Old
Ship Picture Galleries"
Sydney (ex- HMS
Fencer,
ex-USS Croatan (CVE-15)) -
scs 7800
displacement tons
1942
(Built as an escort carrier)
1943
commissioned as USS Croatan
1943 transferred to Royal Navy
under Lend Lease, commissioned
as HMS Atheling
1946 returned US Navy
1949 sold to Flotta Lauro
Rebuilt
scs 14,708gt 1950
1951,
scheduled to make bi-monthly
sailings
from
Fremantle,
Melbourne,
and
1966, withdrawn from Australian
service
1967
r/n Roma engaged in
Mediterranean crises which
were not a success
1968-1973 went
through
several changes of ownership
in Mediterranean cruisiing
1974 laid up
1975 scrapped

Postcard in the
author's collection
Angelina Lauro
(ex-Oranje) – trscm
slsa 3 colour photos
24,377gt 1939
1964
purchased and r/n
(passing under Sydney
extensively rebuilt in
1966-1972 service to
and
1972,
transferred to Caibbean
No. PRG1324/1279a
cruising
managed by the Costa
(clour postcard uw)
Line and
in 1977 chartered by
slsa 3 photos
them.
No. PRG 1324/1284a
a
fire broke out ina galley which
No. PRG 1324/1283a uw
spread to the whole ship which
No. PRG
1324/1285a
declared a tototal
loss. The ship
(uw view
of stern)
while
being towed to the ship
breakers.

Postcard in the
author's collection
Achille Lauro (ex-Willem
Ruys) – slsa
2 photos
twscm 23,629gt
1947
1965, purchased
and r/n
No. PRG
1324/104
1966,
rebuilt
1966-69,
regular (five trips a year)
to
began occasional cruises from
and
1972 Flotta Lauro ended its
regular
service to
1994,
burnt and sank in the
Ocean