Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico ("United Shipbuilders of the Adriatic") 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. It also built, in 1932, the ocean liner Conte di Savoia, the first major liner fitted with gyroscopic stabilizers.
During 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.List may be incomplete.
+ Production Ship Type Class Built Disp. Notes J.A. Mowinckel Motor tanker 1930 11,147 Damaged by torpedo from U-576, 1942; repaired, 1943; scrapped at Blyth, 1954 Various Submarines N/A 1931–40 N/A 27 submarines Cruiser 1931 14,530 Sunk during Battle of Cape Matapan on 29 March 1941 Luigi CadornaGardiner and Chesneau 1985, p. 294. Lt. cruiser 1931 7,113 Scrapped, 1951 Conte di Savoia Ocean liner N/A 1932 48,502 Scuttled in 1943. later raised and Scrapped in 1950 Muzio AttendoloGardiner and Chesneau 1985, p. 295. Light cruiser 1935 8,994 Sunk by bombing, 1942 Gardiner and Chesneau 1985, p. 296. Light cruiser 1937 11,735 Converted to guided missile cruiser, 1957, scrapped 1972 Edwy R. Brown Motor tanker 1938 10,455 Sunk by torpedo from U-103, 1941 Pedernales Motor tanker 1938 4,317 Scrapped at Rotterdam, 1959 Dona Nati Cargo 1939 8,560 For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines Dona Aurora Cargo 1939 8,560 For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines Dona Aniceti Cargo 1939 8,560 For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines Vittorio Veneto Battleship Gardiner and Chesneau 1985, p. 289. 1940 45,752 Scrapped at La Spezia 1951–54 Roma Battleship 1942 45,752 Sunk by bombing, 1943 Donizetti Ocean liner N/A 1951 N/A N/A Artemide Corvette Gabbiano 1942 N/A Captured 09/09/43 and renamed UJ 2226, scuttled 24/04/45 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 Operated as floating hotel, then 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 Cantiere Navale Triestino Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
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