italia

ex KUNGSHOLM of 1928.

Costa Line's ITALIA visiting the RDM yard for maintenance.

The top most deck of Ausonia, somewhere in the Mediterranean.

Ausonia, beautiful despite the additions to her superstructure.

Costa Line Seen at Funchal in April 1981

Costa Line A lovely ship in the equally lovely setting of Funchal harbour in April 1981

The former Italia liner Augustus did not have long at her Manila berth after I saw her. How lucky I was to have managed to have seen her and spend some time aboard her. It is a great sadness that after so many years in a static role she could not be spared from the scrap yards.

At Funchal, Madeira in April 1981 Built for Crociere d'Oltremare by this time she was in service with Costa Line, they having taken her on from 1977.

Michelangelo alongside the Tilbury Landing Stage during her one and only cruise to northern Europe.

Michelangelo alongside the Tilbury Landing Stage on 2 August 1974.

Home Lines

Home Lines Painting by the maritime artist A. Storace (Astor)

Originally Swedish America's KUNGSHOLM built by Blohm and Voss in 1928.

1906-1917 Built in Nantes 1904 Grt 1305 Nrt 485 dwt 660 Loa 79.4 m_hpw 2600 cv_17 knots _100 pax on Corsica Line modified in 1914 as an auxilliary-cruiser. Torpeded by Austrian submarine U4 the 30 May 1917 around Fano , fired with her own guns against U4 up to she sunk.

Swedish m/s ITALIA, imo 5165489/ 106,4m/ 3.773gt/ 15kn; 01/1961 completed by Lindholmens Varv., Gothenburg, for Rederi AB Svenska Lloyd, Gothenburg; 1968 Lengthened to 121,4m/ 4.325gt; 1974 GADA, Alexandria Shipping Nav. Co., Ltd, Alexandria; 1974 IKARIA, Reefer & General Shipping Co. Inc, Panama; 0

Swedish m/s ITALIA, imo 5165489/ 106,4m/ 3.773gt/ 15kn; 01/1961 completed by Lindholmens Varv., Gothenburg, for Rederi AB Svenska Lloyd, Gothenburg; 1968 Lengthened to 121,4m/ 4.325gt; 1974 GADA, Alexandria Shipping Nav. Co., Ltd, Alexandria; 1974 IKARIA, Reefer & General Shipping Co. Inc, Panama; 0

Italia ex Kungsholm (SAL) approaching Cuxhaven

After landing eastbound passengers from New York Italia continues up the river Elbe preparing for the next outbound sailing from Hamburg.

Italia of Home Lines in the Hamburg to Halifax and New York Liner service arrives in Cuxhaven, where passengers were always dropped first and then routed to Hamburg by direct rail connection. Westbound dept. mainly started in Hamburg

ITALIA At San Francisco Aug-1969 From an original slide with full copyright.