SS Guglielmo Marconi explained
| -- commercial vessels --> | +SS Guglielmo Marconi| Ship Image: | Galileo Galilei - Gugliemo Marconi.jpg | | Ship Caption: | Gugliemo Marconi seen on a Lloyd Triestino postcard |
| Ship Name: | - Guglielmo Marconi (1963–1983)
- Costa Riviera (1983–1993)
- American Adventure (1993–1994)
- Costa Riviera (1994–2001)
- Liberty (2001-2002)
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| | Ship Registry: | 1963-1983 Trieste,  Italy. 1983-2001 Genoa, Italy | | Ship Route: | Genoa-Naples-Messina-Port Said-Aden-Fremantle-Melbourne-Sydney | | Ship Builder: | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone, Italy | | Ship Yard Number: | 1863 | | Ship Launched: | 24 September 1961 | | Ship Completed: | October 1963 | | Ship Maiden Voyage: | 18 November 1963 | | Ship Fate: | Scrapped 2001 |
| Ship Type: | Ocean liner | | Ship Tonnage: | As built, . 1983, 28,137 GRT | | Ship Length: | 701ft (213.7m) | | Ship Beam: | 94ft 2in (28.6m) | | Ship Draught: | 28ft 3in (8.6m) | | Ship Power: | 44,000shp (32,800kW) | | Ship Propulsion: | Geared turbines, twin screw | | Ship Speed: | 24 knots | | Ship Capacity: | 156 1st class, 994 tourist | | Ship Crew: | 443 |
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SS Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian
ocean liner launched on 24 September 1961 for
Lloyd Triestino's
Genoa—
Sydney service. Her sister ship was .
Guglielmo Marconi left Genoa on her maiden voyage on November 18th 1963. In 1976, Guglielmo Marconi was transferred to the Naples-Brazil-River Plate service of
Italian Line.
[1] In 1979 she was transferred to Italia Crociere as a full-time cruise ship. This was not a success and she was sold to Costa Lines in 1983. After a two-year rebuild, the ship reappeared as Costa Riviera for Costa Cruises in 1985. Costa Riviera alternated between Caribbean and Alaskan cruising during her time with Costa Cruises.[2]
In 1993, American Family Cruises was launched, a joint venture between Costa and Bruce Nierenburg, to operate cruises aimed at young American families with children. AFC were not successful, and the ship sailed for Genoa in September 1994 where she was converted back to the Costa Riviera, and began cruising her last years in Europe.
Costa Riviera was sold for scrap under the name Liberty in 2001.[1]
Notes and References
- Web site: TN Galileo Galilei & TN Guglielmo Marconi . SS Maritime.
- Web site: Costa Riviera in Costa Fleet List Page 3 . Simplon - The Passenger Ship Website.
