Lloyd Sabaudo

The Lloyd Sabaudo was a Shipping transport line formed in Turin in 1906. It began passenger service in 1907, expanding to link Italy to ports in Asia as well as North and South America. In 1932 it merged with several other Italian shipping lines to form the Italian Line.^[1]

Lloyd Sabaudo

House flag
Industry	Shipping
Founded	1906
Defunct	1932
Successor	Italia di Navigazione
Area served	Atlantic, Near East, and the Far East.

Share of the Lloyd Sabaudo S. A., issued 26 December 1923

Genoa – Buenos Aires ticket, April 19th, 1932.

History

As the Company was established in Turin in 1906, it starting its service route from, Genoa, to Naples, to New York route, by 1907 it started a passenger service From Genoa to Buenos Aires.^[1]

After the positive outcome for the Italian shipping companies of the Mediterranean Conference in Florence in 1906, some leading investors decided to enter passenger traffic to the Americas. The most important shipping company born as a result of this agreement was Lloyd Sabaudo, founded in 1906 with registered office in Turin and home port in Genoa where the operational offices of the company were located. The birth of this company created not a few discontent in the Ligurian shipowning class and, in particular, at Navigazione Generale Italiana which immediately understood that the new company would have made a ruthless competition.^[2]

In 1912, the headquarters were moved from Turin to Genoa and in 1913 a branch, "Marittima Italiana" was established to manage services to the Near East, the Red Sea, East Africa, India and the Far East. In 1919 a new connection service from the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean to New York was started which was soon abandoned due to intense competition from other companies.^[2]

In 1932 the company was forced to merge with the Cosulich Line and the Navigazione Generale Italiana, to form the Italian Line.^[2]

Some Ships of the Lloyd Sabaudo

Name	Shipyard	GRT	Length [m]	Passengers	Launch/ Enter Service	Notes
Conte Rosso	William Beardmore and Company	18,500	180	1,950 passengers	10 February 1921 14 March 1922	Sunk in 24 May 1941 by the HMS Upholder
Conte Verde	William Beardmore and Company	18,761	180.1	2,430 passengers	October 21, 1922 April 21, 1923	Scuttled in Shanghai by her Italian crew to prevent seizure by Japanese forces, refloated and Scrapped in 1949
Conte Biancamano	William Beardmore and Company	23,562	203.56	3,450 passengers	23 April 1925 20 November 1925	Partially saved as a museum exhibit at the National Museum of Science and Technology named Leonardo da Vinci
Conte Grande	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino	25,661	198.9	1,718 passengers	29 June 1927 13 April 1928	Scrapped in 1961
Conte di Savoia	Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico	48,502	248.25	2,200 passengers	18 October 1931 30 November 1932	sunk in 1943, and despite being refloated was Scrapped in 1950

Gallery

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  SS Conte Biancamano as the USS Hermitage
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  SS Conte Biancamano after her reconstruction
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  Model of the SS Conte Verde
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  SS Conte Grande
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  SS Conte Grande after her reconstruction