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.
History 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.
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.
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.
In 1932 the company was forced to merge with the Cosulich Line and the Navigazione Generale Italiana, to form the Italian Line.
Some Ships of the Lloyd Sabaudo Name Shipyard GRT Length[m] Passengers Launch/ Enter Service Notes Conte Rosso William Beardmore and Company 18,500 180 1,950 passengers 10 February 192114 March 1922 Sunk on 24 May 1941 by the HMS Upholder Conte Verde William Beardmore and Company 18,761 180.1 2,430 passengers October 21, 1922April 21, 1923Scuttled 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 192520 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 192713 April 1928Scrapped in 1961 Conte di Savoia Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico 48,502 248.25 2,200 passengers 18 October 193130 November 1932sunk in 1943, and despite being refloated was Scrapped in 1950
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External links Italian Steamship Lines History and Ephemera Including Lloyd Sabaudo GG Archives