MS Italia Archival Collection

Italia (1872) Anchor Line

Built by Robert Duncan & Co., Port Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 2,248. Dimensions: 306' x 34'. Single-screw, 11 knots. Compound engines. Three masts and one funnel. Iron hull. Launched: July 24,1872. Services: Various routes. Sale: Sold to Italians in 1898. Subsequently scrapped. Sister ships: Alexandria, Assyria, Castalia, Ismailia, Olympia and Trina cria.

Italia (1889) Hamburg-American Line

Built by Armstrong, Mitchell & Co., Newcastle, England. Tonnage: 3,564. Dimensions: 344' x 43'. Single-screw, 11 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and one funnel. Accommodation for steerage passengers only. Renamed: (a) Milano (1889), (b) Tenedos (Deutsche Vevante Line). Sale: She was later sold to Turkey and converted to auxiliary cruiser. Fate: Sunk in 1915.

Italia (1903) Anchor Line (British)

Built by D. & W. Henderson & Co., Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 4,806. Dimensions: 400' x 49'. Single-screw, 14 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and one funnel. Service: Mediterranean-New York. Passengers: 20 first and 1,400 third. Final voyage to New York in 1919.

Italia (1905) La Veloce Line (Italian)

Built by N. Odero & Co., Genoa, Italy. Tonnage: 5,203. Dimensions: 393' x 47'. Twin-screw, 15 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and two funnels. Transferred to: (a) Navigazione Generale Italiana, (b) Soc. Italiana di Servizi Marittimi, (c) Lloyd Triestino. Fate: World War II casualty.

Italia (1928) Home Lines

This Ship Sailed as the MS Italia for Home Lines from 1948-1964

Built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany. Tonnage: 21,532. (16,777 by Panamanian measurement.) Dimensions: 594' X 78' (609' o.l.). Twin-screw, 17 knots. Motorship. Two masts and two funnels. Passengers: 680 (one class). Commenced her first voyage to South America in July 1948. Transferred to Genoa-New York service in June 1949. Service: Placed in Hamburg-Southampton-Havre-Halifax-New York trade in March 1952. In 1959 was in the Europe-Quebec- Montreal service. Refitted at Genoa late in 1960 for new cruise service to Nassau. Previously Named: Ex-John Ericsson (1947-1948), ex- Kungsholm (1928-1942) Renamed: Imperial Bahama (1964-1965. Fate: Scrapped 1965.