Italian Steamship Lines Archival Collection
Italian Steamship Lines includes Cosulich Line, Italia-Sabaudo, Lloyd Sabaudo, NGI-Italian Line, Societa di Navigazione Italia, Italia Flotte Riunite Cosulich - Lloyd Sabaudo - Navigazione Generale and Soc. per Azioni di Navigazione Genova and Sabaudo.
Ephemera from the Italian Steamship Lines
1914-08-12 SS Principe di Udine Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Lloyd Sabaudo
- Class of Passengers: All
- Date of Departure: 12 August 1914
- Route: Genoa to New York
- Commander: Captain Tiscornia
NGI Genoa SS Colombo Brochure - 1925
Rare 1925 Brochure from NGI The Italian Line that features many photographs of the interior rooms of the Cabin Class. The Ship is designed to carry both Cabin and Third Class passengers with a capacity of 445 and 700 respectively.
1926-04-10 SS Colombo Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Navigazione Generale Italiana (NGI)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 10 April 1926
- Route: New York for Palermo, Naples and Genoa
- Commander: Captain Arturo Romano
1927-03-16 SS Colombo Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Navigazione Generale Italiana (NGI)
- Class of Passengers: One
- Date of Departure: 16 March 1927
- Route: Genoa to New York via Naples and Palermo
- Commander: Captain Filippo D' Esposito
1927-06-30 SS Conte Biancamano Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Lloyd Sabaudo
- Class of Passengers: First Cabin
- Date of Departure: 30 June 1927
- Route: New York to Genoa via Gibraltar and Naples
- Commander: Captain Giuseppe Turchi
1928-09-28 Second Class Passage Contract - SS Roma - Italian Immigrant
Italian Immigrant was one of the 4,000 Quota immigrants from Italy in 1928 under the Immigration Act of 1924. The contract is stamped "Quota" in large letters. Second Class passage contract from Naples to New York on the SS Roma of the Navigazione Generale Italiana Line.
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
1930-08-19 SS Vulcania Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Cosulich Line - Trieste
- Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Class
- Date of Departure: 19 August 1930
- Route: Naples to New York via Cannes
- Commander: Captain Antonio Hreglich
Immigrant ID & Vaccination Certificate 1930
Health Certificate and Photo ID: Italian Immigrant Salvatore J. Milluzzo sailed on the SS Conte Biancamano of the Lloyd Sabaudo Line departing from Naples on 25 October 1930.
1930-10-25 Second Class Passage Ticket - Italian Immigrant
Economical Second Class Ticket from Naples, Italy to New York on the Lloyd Sabaudo Line. Berth Cabin 776, berth 3 on the SS Conte Biancamano sailing from Naples on 25 October 1930 for passenger Salvatore Milluzzo.
1931-02-14 Third Class Passage Contract Ticket - SS Duilio - Genova to Buenos Aires.
Passage Ticket for a voyage on the SS Duilio of the NGI (Navigazione Generale Italiana) in third class from Genova to Buenos Aires dated 14 February 1931. Voyage ports of call included Villafranca, Barcelona, Rio Janeiro, and Santos Montevideo.
1935-08-21 SS Rex Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Italia Line
- Class of Passengers: Special
- Date of Departure: 21 August 1935
- Route: Naples to New York via Genoa, Villefranche (Nice) and Gibraltar
- Commander: Captain Grand' Uff. Francesco Tarabotto
1935-09-13 SS Rex Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Italia Line
- Class of Passengers: Special
- Date of Departure: 13 September 1935
- Route: Naples for New York via Genoa, Villefranche (Nice) and Gibraltar
- Commander: Captain Francesco Tarabotto
1935-10-23 Italian Passenger Contract - SS Rex
Contract for Tourist Class Passage on the Italia SS Rex 1935 for a Dr. Charles Bartolomew Lombardo from Naples to New York. The contract was written with the specifications in almost micro-print on the back side.
1936-09-11 Passage Ticket -- Trieste to Haifa -- SS Galilea
Tourist Class Passage Ticket for a voyage from Trieste to Haifa on the SS Galilea of Lloyd Triestino dated 11 September 1936 for one adult male, assigned cabin no. 399 for this trip across the Mediterranean Sea.
1937-03-06 SS Conte Di Savoia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Italian Line
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 6 March 1937
- Route: New York to Gibraltar, Naples, Villefranche, and Genoa
- Commander: Captain Antonio Lena
1937-05-22 SS Roma Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Italia Line
- Class of Passengers: Tourist
- Date of Departure: 22 May 1937
- Route: New York to Madeira, Casablanca, Gibraltar, Algiers, Naples, and Genoa
- Commander: Captain Attilio Frugone
- Note: Annotated by the original owner (passenger)
1937-06-12 SS Roma Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Italia Line
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 12 June 1937
- Route: Genoa and Villefranche to New York via Naples and Gibraltar
- Commander: Alberto Ottino
- Note: Includes Color Map with preprinted Transatlantic Route
Italian Line Third Class Rates - 1938
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.
1938-07-13 SS Rex Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Italia Line
- Class of Passengers: Tourist
- Date of Departure: 13 July 1938
- Route: Genoa to New York via Cannes, Naples, and Gibraltar
- Commander: Captain Attilio Frugone
1938-07-14 SS Vulcania Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Italia Line
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 14 July 1938
- Route: Trieste to New York via Dubrovnik, Patra, Naples, Palermo, Algiers, Gibraltar, Lisbon, and Azores
- Commander: Captain William Lazzari
1938-08-09 SS Rex Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Italia Line
- Class of Passengers: Tourist
- Date of Departure: 9 August 1938
- Route: Naples to New York via Genoa, Cannes, and Gibraltar
- Commander: Captain Giorgio Cavallini
1939-10-06 SS Rex Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Italia Line
- Class of Passengers: Tourist
- Date of Departure: 6 October 1939
- Route: Genoa to New York via Naples
- Commander: Captain Attilio Frugone
1948-04-27 Passage Contract -- Alexandria to New York -- SS Vulcania
Passage Receipt and transportation contract for passage on the SS Vulcania of the Italia Line sailing 1 May 1948 from Alexandria to New York for a 24-year-old American male from Dallas, Texas. American Export Line was acting as a general agent of Italia S.A.N., Genoa.
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
1950-07-04 SS Saturnia Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Italia Line
- Class of Passengers: Fist Class
- Date of Departure: 4 July 1950
- Route: Genoa to New York via Cannes, Naples, and Gibraltar
- Commander: Captain Arrigo G. Gladulich
1950-09-14 SS Conte Biancamano Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Italia Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 14 September 1950
- Route: Genoa to New York via Naples, Gibraltar, and Lisbon
- Commander: Captain Pasquale Pezzuto
1951-05-25 SS Vulcania Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Italia Line
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 25 May 1951
- Route: Genoa to Halifax and New York via Cannes, Naples, Palermo, and Gibraltar
- Commander: Captain Giovanni Giurini
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.
1952-03-30 SS Conte Grande Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Italia Line
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 30 March 1952
- Route: Genoa to Buenos Aires via Villefranche, Barcelona, Dakar, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, and Montevideo
- Commander: Captain Pietro Passano.
1952-05-22 SS Giulio Cesare Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Italia Line
- Class of Passengers: Second Class
- Date of Departure: 22 May 1952
- Route: Buenos Aires to Genoa via Barcelona and Villafranca
- Commander: Captain Filippo Rando.
1956-09-01 Passage Contract -- Le Havre to New York -- SS Castel Felice
Tourist Class contract for passage on the SS Castel Felice departing from Le Havre for New York on 1 September 1956 for one adult male passenger. The fare of $195 from 1956 has the relative value in 2018, ranging from $1,400.00 to $8,930.00.
2001 - Italia 1881-2001 - Merchant Fleets #40
The story of Italia parallels the history of modern Italy and is a truly national institution. It starts when Rubbatino and Florio, the north and the south, merge to form Italy’s largest merchant fleet. As international trade expands ‘La Veloce’ joins. Then with Trieste becoming an Italian city Cosulich enters the story.
Cosulich Line - Trieste
Cosulich Line - Trieste or Cosulich Societa Triestina di Navigazione was owned by the Cosulich brothers and operated as Cosulich Line after World War I until it was merged with the Italian Line in 1937. Ports of call included New York, Boston, Azores, Lisbon, Gibraltar, Marseilles, Cannes, Naples, Patras and Trieste.
Cosulich Societa Triestina di Navigazione offers express passenger service to Algiers, Naples, Patras, Venice, Dubrovnik, Trieste and Fiume. Freight service to Venice, Trieste, Fiume and other ports as inducements offer. Taking cargo in connection with Lloyd Triestino Societa di Navigazione a Vapore and other connecting lines for Mediterranean, Levant, Black Sea, Red Sea and Far East destinations.
Italia - Lloyd Sabaudo Line
Formed in 1932, The Italia line was the result of a controlled syndicate of the major Italian steamship lines then in operation. Italia was one of the four surviving companies that served between Italian ports and North and South America. The full name is Italia Flotte Riunite Cosulich - Lloyd Sabaudo - Navigazione Generale and Soc. per Azioni di Navigazione Genova and Sabaudo.
Lloyd Sabaudo
The Lloyd Sabaudo Line was organized in Turin, Italy, on June 21, 1906, with head offices at Genoa. On April 7, 1907, the company celebrated the inauguration of its services by despatching from Genoa the Re D'Italia on her maiden trip to New York. By 1932 the world shipping depression caused the fusion of Lloyd Sabaudo, Cosulich and Navigazione Generale Italiana with the formation of the "Italia" Line.
