Ss Ausonia Cruise Ship

She was one of the last ships to be built primarily for liner service across the North Atlantic.

Ss ausonia cruise ship. For most of her career she operated as a cruise ship in the Mediterranean. Initially painted in shades of green to emulate the legendary CARONIA their cargo gear was removed and their public rooms were restyled by noted designers like Jean Munro and Michael Inchbald. The A Class of 1922 were the Andania Antonia and the Ausonia.

Eugenio C was ordered for the South American service by Costa to replace the Frederico C on that route. SS Ausonia was an Italian cruise liner launched in 1956. This post is a tribute to a remarkably beautiful passenger liner the AUSONIA.

She was launched on August 5 1956 and delivered to Adriatica Lines on September 23. With her elegantly finned funnel and curvaceous lines she was a miniature combination of the ANDREA DORIACRISTOFORO COLOMBO and the LEONARDO DA VINCI both internally and externally. There were three series of ships.

These ships were originally intended for the England to. Built in 1957 Adriatica Lines 11879 gross ton SS AUSONIA was one of the finest looking Italian liners of the post war if not any era. She was also lost in 1972 again off Cannes.

SS Raffaello was an Italian ocean liner built in the early 1960s for Italian Line by the Cantieri Riuniti dellAdriatico Trieste. Oddly even for a liner all cabins below A-deck were windowless but on the technical side the ships were among the most advanced of their time. Built by CANTIERI RIUNITI DEL ADRIATICO in 1957 she was owned and operated by ADRIATICA LINES on the Trieste-Egypt-Lebanon service until 1978 AUSONIA was as built 11875 GRT propelled by steam turbines with a top speed of 25.

She was scrapped in 2010. Built in 1971 as the NORDIC PRINCE by WARTSILA in Finland the ship was operated by Royal Caribbean and had a GRT of 18346 she was 169 meters long with a top speed of 22 knots. In 1980 the ship was lengthened by 26 meters the GRT was increased to 23149 GRT.