SS Conte di Savoia

SS Conte di Savoia ("Count of Savoy") was an Italian ocean liner built in 1932 at the Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Trieste.

Conte di Savoia was originally ordered for the Lloyd Sabaudo line; however, after a merger with the Navigazione Generale Italiana, the ship was completed for the newly formed Italia Flotte Riunite. In practice they reduced the rolling by slowing down the rolling period, but they also caused the vessel to "hang" annoyingly when the vessel was on the extreme limit of her rolls. For safety reasons the system was quickly abandoned on eastbound crossings where the prevailing weather produced following seas, although it was still used on westbound crossings. This was because with a following sea (and the deep slow rolls this generated) the vessel tended to 'hang' with the system turned on, and the inertia it generated made it harder for the vessel to right herself from heavy rolls. Bega, who was well known for his innovative designs of stores, cafés and hotels, created a modernist interior.

thumb|Conte di Savoia being scrapped, 1950

Conte di Savoia was requisitioned for war service in 1940, and was sunk in 1943 at Malamocco near Venice, Italy when the ship was set on fire and subsequently sunk by German forces during the confusion of the Italian Armistice. The hulk was refloated in 1945 and initially it was considered to repair the badly damaged ship. However, the decision was eventually made not to do this, and she was then sold for scrap on January 7, 1950, and broken up, with dismantling completed in 1951.

SS Conte di Savoia

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