GIULIO CESARE 1922 (It.)

[D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen]

Built in 1913-'22 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle, #967, for Navigazione Generale Italiana, Genoa. Passenger ship, Gt:21.844, L:193,20m. (634') B:23,30m. (76,4') D:20,21m. (66,3') draught:? 4 Wallsend Slipway geared turbines:21.900 shp. 4 screws, 19 kn. max:20½ kn. pass. 1st class:243, 2nd class:306 3rd class:1824, crew:542.
1913 Dec. laid down, Aug.'14 building halted following outbreak of war, 07-02-'20 launched, 03-'22 completed, 04-05-'22 maiden trip Genoa - Buenos Aires, Aug.11 first voyage Genoa - New York, '25 Genoa - Buenos Aires service.
'32 sold to 'Italia' Flotta Riunite, Genoa, '33 first voyage Genoa - Cape Town.
'34 refit, Gt:21.782, pass. 1st class:170, 2nd class:170, tourist class:300.
'37 to Lloyd Triestino, Genoa, Far East service, Gt:21.900, '40 laid up, 03-'42 chartered by the International Red Cross and used for evacuation voyages from East Africa, laid up at Triest in the summer of that year. Sep.11-'44 heeled over and sank after being hit during an Allied air raid on Triest, '49 the wreck was raised and scrapped.
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