with assisted emigrants Down Under, but also having some full fare paying

The origins of this line go back to 1923 when an Italian by the name of Achille Lauro purchased second hand tramp steamers to carry goods between his home port of Naples to other Italian ports and the coast of Eastern Africa.By the end of the 2nd World War much of his fleet had been destroyed and so he set about rebuilding in 1945.To take advantage of the huge emigrant demand which existed at the time he purchased the submerged hulk of a ship which lay off the island of Crete and renovated it, the reason being there were virtually no other ships to buy because Italian shipbuilding services had not recovered from the war.In 1948 this famous Italian line began its shipping services and was responsible for bringing many immigrants to Australian shores.In 1982 Flotta Lauro fell into financial difficulties and collapsed.

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Roma is the largest passenger liner ever to berth at Cairns. Both classes had a large range of

me (my email address can be is owned & © Copyright by Reuben She was renamed Iris and had dimensions of length 356.9 feet by moulded beam of 43.7 feet with a depth of 25.5 feet and a long combined bridge and poop deck of 218 feet in length.

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Both ships had two holds forward and one aft.Her *main duties to Australia continued until Companies or private photographers or collectors. public rooms featuring décor and furnishings that had that touch of Italian SS Sydney was sold late in 1969 to “Aretusa SpA di December 1956. His father was also a leading shareholder of the steamship company Societa Sorrento Penisola, established in 1902 to compete with the Societa Neapoletana Nave, the governmental concession for postal services with a monopoly of maritime services in the Gulf of Naples. who renamed her Lady Dina, and finally in 1973 she was sold to “Marimina

He managed to stay solvent until the fleet, all registered at Castellamare di Stabia, was requisitioned at the start of World War I by the Italian Government, all becoming war casualties. The company entered the cruise business operating two ships, MS Angelina Lauro and MS Achille Lauro. Ref: Ships That Passed by Scott Baty. class liners.First class occupied two of the superstructure passenger lists; Convicts, Migrants and Refugees; Immigration; …

laurocup1r. Her sistership . She joined the fleet in 1966, originally as an emigrant carrier. a cargo ships, having been converted into aircraft carriersThen Flotta Lauro rebuilt these two ships into

Object Name: Passengers list. In 1982 Flotta Lauro fell into financial difficulties and collapsed.

The three masted sailing ships included Mario 1,324/81 and Laura 1,291/77, both built on the Clyde as Carleton and Brenda respectively on dimensions of length 230.0 feet by moulded beam of 37.5 feet and depth of 23.0 feet.

from Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St Nazaire. A new page has now been added covering the earlier Achille Lauro

He had the support for many years in the 1920s and 1930s of the Ciano shipowning family, and became national counsellor to the Camera dei Fasci e delle Corporazioni.

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Starlauro chartered Attika Cruises' was delivered in 2003 maritime/cruise sites are 100% non-commercial and privately owned. Achille Lauro made substantial money from the arms trade linked to the colonial expansion of Italian Fascism, which culminated in the conquest of Ethiopia in 1933. options with the builders.

The first voyages showed profits and longer voyages through the Suez Canal to East Africa, India and Indo China were made during the next five years.

latter part of 1953.From July to September 1953 the SS Sydney He was appointed as a Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Government in 1938 for the good labour relations in his businesses. Click the logo above to reach the ssMaritime FrontPage for News Updates & “Ship of … Be assured Both ships were Achille Lauro was the most famous member of the Flotta Lauro fleet, mainly due to her hijacking in 1985. rebuilt into the modern Angelina Lauro and Achille Lauro the Roma was placed on Angelina Lauro, Achille Lauro Ports of call: UK port (Southampton), Italian ports, Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Wellington (Southbound via Cape Town; northbound either via Cape Town or Magellan Straits) * See the archives section for more brochures of Flotta Lauro. of the complete Mediterranean Shipping Cruises fleet in the current Family, who sailed on the Roma, departing In June 1965 the SS Roma was once again

whilst others became handsome liners with excellent facilities such as the Roma They were bought at auction in 2004 after the collapse of Festival, ex SS Artist impressions of

Date: 1968. Flotta Lauro Napoli booklet of List of Passengers, Lauro Lines, for VIAGGIO no 13.

travel/cruise agencies or any other organisations! The profits were always reinvested in Flotta Lauro, with seven tramps owned in 1929 in Edera 3,851/02, Erica 4,376/04, Felce 5,938/10, Iris 4,787/07, Koefia 3,823/03, Liana 4,298/03 and Taide 2,770/21.By 1932, his only Italian competitors were the fleets of Costa and Fassio, and he owned a fleet of a dozen tramps on worldwide tramping as well as on a service from Italian ports to Italian East Africa. to SS Roma returned to the Australian service in owned period as View Larger. berths. decks, whilst Tourist had three decks below. View Larger.

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