SS Guglielmo Marconi
 Gugliemo Marconi seen on a Lloyd Triestino postcard | |
| History | |
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1963-1983 Trieste,  Italy. 1983-2001 Genoa, Italy |
| Route: | Genoa-Naples-Messina-Port Said-Aden-Fremantle-Melbourne-Sydney |
| Builder: | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone, Italy |
| Yard number: | 1863 |
| Launched: | 24 September 1961 |
| Completed: | October 1963 |
| Maiden voyage: | 18 November 1963 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 2001 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage: | As built, 27,905 GRT. 1983, 28,137 GRT |
| Length: | 701ft (213.7m) |
| Beam: | 94ft 2in (28.6m) |
| Draught: | 28ft 3in (8.6m) |
| Installed power: | 44,000shp (32,800kW) |
| Propulsion: | Geared turbines, twin screw |
| Speed: | 24 knots |
| Capacity: | 156 1st class, 1594 tourist |
| Crew: | 443 |
SS Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian ocean liner launched on 24 September 1961 for Lloyd Triestino's Genoa—Sydney service. Her sister ship was SS Galileo Galilei. 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 Italia Line. 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 until 1993. In this year 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 in Europe. Costa Riviera was sold for scrap in 2001.
References
"TN Galileo Galilei & TN Guglielmo Marconi". SS Maritime.
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