SS Saturnia Archival Collection
MV Saturnia and MV Vulcania of the Italian Line. Italian Line Third Class Rates, 15 February 1938. Gross Tonnage 24,470. GGA Image ID # 125262503e
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- Saturnia (1910) Anchor-Donaldson Line Ship's History (Brief)
- Saturnia (1927) (a) Cosulich Line, (b) Italia Line Ship's History (Brief)
- Passenger Lists
- Brochures
- Passage Contracts, Tickets, and Receipts
- Passage Rates
- Sailing Schedules
- Title Pages
- Senior Officers and Staff
- Photographs
- Postcards
- Books Referencing the SS Saturnia
Saturnia (1910) Anchor-Donaldson Line
Built by C. Connell & Co., Ltd., Glasgow. Tonnage: 8,611. Dimensions: 456' x 55'. Propulsion: Twin-screw, 14 knots. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and one funnel. Passengers: 250 second and 950 third class. Note: She was quite similar in appearance to the Letitia of 1912. Fate: Withdrawn from Service in 1925 and broken up by shipbreakers in 1929.
Saturnia (1927) (a) Cosulich Line, (b) Italia Line
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SS Saturnia (1927) at Port. G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection. GGA Image ID # 1ed8769566
Built by Cantieri Riuniti Dell' Adriático, Monfalcone, Italy. Tonnage: 23,940. Dimensions: 601' x 79' (630' o.l.). Propulsion: Twin- screw, 19 knots. Motorship. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and one funnel. Keel laid on May 30, 1925. Launched: December 29, 1925. Maiden voyage: Trieste to South America in September 1927. Service: Transferred to Trieste-New York service early in 1928. Modifications: New diesel engines installed in 1935, which increased speed to 21 knots. World War II Service: During World War II was taken over by United States and converted to hospital ship. Renamed: (a) Francis Y. Slanger (1944) U. S. hospital ship, (b) Saturnia (Dec. 1946). Post War Service: Resumed trans-Atlantic service in August 1947. Capacity: Accommodation for 1,600 passengers. Sister ship: Vulcania.
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1929-08-25 SS Saturnia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cosulich Line - Trieste
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 25 August 1929
Route: Trieste to New York via Patrasso and Naples
Commander: Captain Stuparich Cav Roberto
Ports of Call: Trieste 25 August 1929, Patras 27 August 1929, Naples 28 August 1929, New York 7 September 1929.
1949-07-22 SS Saturnia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Italia Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 22 July 1949
Route: Genoa to New York via Naples, Gibraltar, and Azores
Commander: Captain Gianni Gladioli
Ports of Call: Genoa 22 July 1949, Naples 23 July 1949, Gibraltar 25 July 1949, Azores 28 July 1949, New York 2 August 1949.
1950-07-04 SS Saturnia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Italia Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 4 July 1950
Route: Genoa to New York via Cannes, Naples, and Gibraltar
Commander: Captain Arrigo G. Gladulich
Ports of Call: Genoa 4 July 1950, Cannes 4 July 1950, Naples 5 July 1950, Gibraltar 8 July 1950, New York 15 July 1950.
1952-03-11 SS Saturnia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Italia Soc. An. Di Navigazione
Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 11 March 1952
Route: New York to Naples via Gibraltar, Barcelona, and Genoa
Commander: Commanded by Captain Piero Calamai.
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1938-02-15 Italian Line Third Class Rates
12- Page brochure from the Italian Line provides a lot of information for passengers, third-class passage rates, and immigration laws. Third-class Interiors and ship photographs complete this very informative brochure. Featured Ships: Rex, Roma, Saturnia, Vulcania, and Conte di Savoia.
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Luxury Passage Across the Atlantic: SS Saturnia First-Class Ticket and Contract – 1934
The SS Saturnia First Class Passenger Receipt from 3 November 1934 is a remarkable historical artifact that offers teachers, students, genealogists, and maritime historians a valuable lens into pre-WWII luxury transatlantic travel. This document, issued by the Italia Flotte Riunite, details the voyage of Mrs. Marie J. Ratte, an American, from New York to Trieste, traveling in First Class comfort aboard one of Italy’s most prestigious liners.
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Summer Season Third Class Port Rates For Direct Sailings From New York or Boston Including Return Passage. Ships Included the Rex, Conte di Savoia, Roma, Saturnia, and Vulcania. Third Class Rates Brochure, 1938. GGA Image ID # 12533669a1. Click to View Larger Image.
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Sailing Schedule, Glasgow-Quebec-Montreal, from 29 August 1914 to 21 November 1914. Ships Included the Athenia, Cassandra, Letitia, and Saturnia. SS Cassandra Passenger List, 29 August 1914. GGA Image ID # 207c14019a
Eastbound Sailing Schedule from the US and Canadian Ports to European Ports, from 18 June 1924 to 3 September 1924. Ships Included the Albania, Andania, Antonia, Aquitania, Assyria, Athenia, Ausonia, Berengaria, California, Cameronia, Carmania, Caronia, Cassandra, Columbia, Franconia, Laconia, Lancastria, Mauretania, Samaria, Saturnia, Saxonia, Scythia, and Tuscania. RMS Aquitania Second Class Passenger List, 18 June 1924. GGA Image ID # 20aea275f3
Westbound Sailing Schedule, from European Ports to Canadian and US Ports, from 19 June 1924 to 26 August 1924. Ships Included the Albania, Andania, Antonia, Aquitania, Assyria, Athenia, Ausonia, Berengaria, California, Cameronia, Carmania, Caronia, Cassandra, Columbia, Franconia, Laconia, Lancastria, Mauretania, Samaria, Saturnia, Saxonia, Scythia, and Tuscania. RMS Aquitania Second Class Passenger List, 18 June 1924. GGA Image ID # 20aeac371f
Sailing Schedule, New York to Europe, from 20 August 1938 to 4 January 1939. Ships Included the Conte di Savoia, Rex, Roma, Saturnia, and Vulcania. SS Rex Passenger List, 9 August 1938. GGA Image ID # 1ee6bd0d94
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Title Page, SS Saturnia First Class Passenger List, 25 August 1929. GGA Image ID # 20d548f54b
Title Page, SS Saturnia First Class Passenger List, 22 July 1949. GGA Image ID # 2102be6dcb
Title Page, SS Saturnia First Class Passenger List, 4 July 1950. GGA Image ID # 2102c0beff
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Senior Officers and Staff, SS Saturnia Passenger List, 25 August 1929. GGA Image ID # 2102ecb886
Officers and Staff, SS Saturnia Passenger List, 22 July 1949. GGA Image ID # 21043229cf
Senior Officers and Staff, SS Saturnia Passenger List, 4 July 1950. GGA Image ID # 2104680214
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SS Saturnia (1927) at Port, 1930. GGA Image ID # 2104a359e4
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Notables Arrive In New York in 1931 on the SS Saturnia. Paul Frank with Princess Laura Murat. GGA Image ID # 2104fa7d33
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T.S.S. Saturnia of the Donaldson Line, 1910. GGA Image ID # 21024a9553
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Christie's Ocean Liner Auction Catalog - 2007
The Christie's Ocean Liner Auction Catalog 2007 included Posters, Ship Models, and Decorative Arts. The provenance of the Items was sourced from The Estate of Wayne LaPoe, The Kenneth C. Schultz Collection, The Jan J. Loeff Collection, The Marcello Collection, and The Collection of Terrence G. O'Connor.
Doomed Ships: Great Ocean Liner Disasters
Naval historian William H. Miller, Jr. recounts the dramatic stories behind various ill-fated passenger ships. He takes readers beyond the newspaper headlines and formal inquiries, offering firsthand accounts of heroic rescues, daring escapes, and tragic losses.
Era of the Passenger Liner - 1992
The Gilded Era comes back to life as the reader relives the careers of stately ships and express greyhounds from immigrant ships to floating palaces. Scarce, large format book containing 288pp. Features photographs, statistics, and background of 280 passenger liners, each with a picture.
The Fabulous Interiors of the Great Ocean Liners - 1984
Some 200 superb photographs—in long shots and close-ups—capture exquisite interiors of world's great "floating palaces"—1890s to 1980s: Titanic, Île de France, Queen Elizabeth, United States, Europa, more. Informative captions provide key details.
Here is the story of twentieth-century passenger shipping, from the first of the superliners — the German Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse — to Cunard's Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary, right up to Queen Elizabeth 2.
The First Great Ocean Liners in Photographs - 1983
Sumptuous volume recalls the glorious early years of elegant transatlantic travel. Over 190 historic photographs depict exterior and interior views of 101 great ocean liners, including the Virginian, Imperator, Vaterland, Bismarck, Lusitania, Mauretania, Balmoral Castle, Titanic, Olympic, Aquitania and dozens more. Full captions.
Great Passenger Ships of the World 1924-1935
Volume 3 in the series covers the years 1924-1935 and includes the introduction of the well-known superliners Normandie and Queen Mary, both of which successfully competed for the prestigious Blue Riband award for the fastest transatlantic crossing.
Italia 1881-2001 - Merchant Fleets # 40
Duncan Haws featured 494 ships and their history, with 149 profiles covering over 450 vessels. This book was the final volume in the Merchant Fleets series. It illustrated the convoluted history of the Italian Line.
North Atlantic Passenger Liners Since 1900
Material about the most prominent steamship companies on the Atlantic Ferry today and those that have been there for some time. Some Lines have diverse services to other oceans, seas, and continents.
This book recreates the ambiance of the ocean linereraby showing the actual objects used on board. Each piece of ocean-liner memorabilia is like an aladdin's lamp, releasing wondrous memories of that grand style of travel.
Passenger Liners of the World Since 1893
The author here takes a nostalgic look back to the heyday of the passenger ship, providing a brief history of 211 ships of over 10,000 tons, together with specifications and technical details of each.
Passenger Ships of the World - 1963
🎓 “A Global Voyage Through Steamship History for Historians, Genealogists, and Maritime Enthusiasts”
Eugene W. Smith’s Passenger Ships of the World – Past and Present (1963) is a masterfully curated encyclopedic reference that charts the rise, peak, and transformation of ocean-going passenger ships through nearly two centuries. Expanding upon his earlier Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific works, Smith offers a global maritime panorama that includes ships serving the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Oceania, as well as Canal routes and California-Hawaii shuttle lines.
🧭 This book is an essential resource for:
- Maritime historians seeking design evolution and fleet data
- Genealogists tracing voyages and shipping lines
- Educators and students studying transoceanic migration and tourism
- Ship modelers, naval architects, and enthusiasts interested in dimensions, tonnage, and speed
Pictorial Encyclopedia of Ocean Liners, 1860-1994
One of the most comprehensive pictorial references on ocean liners ever published, this superb chronicle by noted maritime historian William H. Miller, Jr., depicts and describes virtually every passenger ship of over 15,000 tons built between 1860 and the late 1900s.
Picture History of German and Dutch Passenger Ships
Picture History of German and Dutch Passenger Ships is a superbly illustrated volume that documents a long line of great ships--from "floating palaces" such as the Imperator (1913) and the Vaterland (1914) to such luxurious cruise ships as the Statendam (1957), Hamburg (1969), the remodeled Bremen (1990), and the new Deutschland (1998).
Picture History of the Cunard Line 1840 - 1990
The Picture History of the Cunard Line 1840 - 1990 has over 180 photographs and illustrations showing the liners on the high seas and in port and depicting handsome staterooms, lounges, interior decor, and carefree life aboard ship.
Picture History of the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth
Powerful and fast Atlantic liners of the 1930s, this volume is packed with high-quality vintage photographs of the RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth, from construction to heyday to eventual decline and their successor ships bearing the same name.
THE ATLANTIC LINERS will be cherished by all the millions of Americans who love the sea. Frederick Emmons sketches the histories of every ocean liner that sailed between the United States and Europe between 1925 and 1970.
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