Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico

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Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico (C.R.D.A)
Type Defunct (merged 1966)
Industry Naval and commercial shipbuilding
Founded 1930
Headquarters Trieste, Monfalcone,, (Italy)
Services Ship repair

Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico was an Italian manufacturer in the sea and air industry which was active from 1930 to 1966. This shipyard is now owned by Fincantieri.

History

In 1930, Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino based at Trieste merged with another Italian company, the Cantiere Navale Triestino of Monfalcone, forming the Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico (CRDA). The new company built a number of light and heavy cruisers for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) between the wars, as well as some 27 submarines. The ocean liner Conte di Savoia was also constructed in 1932.

During the World War II, CRDA Trieste built two battleships for the Regia Marina, Vittorio Veneto and Roma. CRDA survived the postwar shakeup in the shipbuilding industry and went on to build several more commercial liners in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as a few naval vessels. In 1984, CRDA was sold to the Fincantieri Group

For the Olympic regattas of 1960 the firm produced 55 Finn sailboats for the single handed event in the Gulf of Naples.

Ships built

The following table lists ships built at the former STT shipyards after the company's 1929 merger with Cantieri Navale Triestino to form CRDA.[1]

Production
Ship Type Class Built Disp. Notes
Various Submarines N/A 1931-40 N/A 27 submarines
Fiume Cruiser Zara 1931 14,530 Sunk 1941
Luigi Cadorna Lt. cruiser Condottieri 1931 7,113 Scrapped, 1951
Conte di Savoia Ocean liner N/A 1932 48,502 Scuttled 1943
Muzio Attendolo Light cruiser Montecuccoli 1935 8,994 Sunk by bombing, 1942
Giuseppe Garibaldi Light cruiser Duca degli Abruzzi 1937 11,735 Converted to guided missile cruiser, 1957, scrapped 1972
Dona Nati[2] Cargo 1939 8,560 For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines
Dona Aurora[2] Cargo 1939 8,560 For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines
Dona Aniceti[2] Cargo 1939 8,560 For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines
Vittorio Veneto Battleship Vittorio Veneto 1940 45,752 Scrapped 1946?
Roma Battleship Vittorio Veneto 1942 45,752 Sunk by bombing, 1943
Donizetti Ocean liner N/A 1951 N/A N/A
Rossini Ocean liner N/A 1951 N/A N/A
Verdi Ocean liner N/A 1951 N/A N/A
Augustus Ocean liner N/A 1952 27,090 Still operating as restaurant ship, MS Philippines, in 1999, scrapped at Alang in 2011
Raffaello Ocean liner N/A 1965 45,933 Sold to Iran and converted as floating barracks, 1977, sunk by bombing in 1983
N/A Frigate N/A 1969 N/A N/A
N/A Submarine N/A 1969 N/A N/A
N/A Corvette N/A 1979 N/A N/A

Reference: Winklareth p. 292-293

See also

References

  1. ↑ List may be incomplete.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 394. ISBN 1-59114-959-2. Retrieved 20 April 2013. 
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