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| Industry | Shipping |
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| Founded | 1906 |
| Defunct | 1932 |
| Successor | Italia di Navigazione |
Area served | Atlantic, Near East, and the Far East. |
The Lloyd Sabaudo was a Shipping transport line formed in Turin in 1906. It began passenger service in 1907, expanding to link Italy to ports in Asia as well as North and South America. In 1932 it merged with several other Italian shipping lines to form the Italian Line. [1]
As the Company was established in Turin in 1906, it starting its service route from, Genoa, to Naples, to New York route, by 1907 it started a passenger service From Genoa to Buenos Aires. [1]
After the positive outcome for the Italian shipping companies of the Mediterranean Conference in Florence in 1906, some leading investors decided to enter passenger traffic to the Americas. The most important shipping company born as a result of this agreement was Lloyd Sabaudo, founded in 1906 with registered office in Turin and home port in Genoa where the operational offices of the company were located. The birth of this company created not a few discontent in the Ligurian shipowning class and, in particular, at Navigazione Generale Italiana which immediately understood that the new company would have made a ruthless competition. [2]
In 1912, the headquarters were moved from Turin to Genoa and in 1913 a branch, "Marittima Italiana" was established to manage services to the Near East, the Red Sea, East Africa, India and the Far East. In 1919 a new connection service from the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean to New York was started which was soon abandoned due to intense competition from other companies. [2]
In 1932 the company was forced to merge with the Cosulich Line and the Navigazione Generale Italiana, to form the Italian Line. [2]
| Name | Shipyard | GRT | Length [m] | Passengers | Launch/ Enter Service | Notes |
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| Conte Rosso | William Beardmore and Company | 18,500 | 180 | 1,950 passengers | 10 February 1921 14 March 1922 | Sunk in 24 May 1941 by the HMS Upholder |
| Conte Verde | William Beardmore and Company | 18,761 | 180.1 | 2,430 passengers | October 21, 1922 April 21, 1923 | Scuttled in Shanghai by her Italian crew to prevent seizure by Japanese forces, refloated and Scrapped in 1949 |
| Conte Biancamano | William Beardmore and Company | 23,562 | 203.56 | 3,450 passengers | 23 April 1925 20 November 1925 | Partially saved as a museum exhibit at the National Museum of Science and Technology named Leonardo da Vinci |
| Conte Grande | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino | 25,661 | 198.9 | 1,718 passengers | 29 June 1927 13 April 1928 | Scrapped in 1961 |
| Conte di Savoia | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico | 48,502 | 248.25 | 2,200 passengers | 18 October 1931 30 November 1932 | sunk in 1943, and despite being refloated was Scrapped in 1950 |
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