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

The Sailing of a Refugee Ship - Principe di Udine of the Lloyd Sabaudo Line.

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

 

Front Cover, 1925 Brochure From NGI Italian Line Covering the SS Colombo, a Cabin-Class Ship.

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

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

 

Passenger Manifest, NGI Navigazione Generale Italiana SS Colombo, 1927 Genoa to New York

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

 

Front Cover, Lloyd Sabaudo SS Conte Biancamano First Cabin Passenger List - 30 June 1927.

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

 

Navigazione Generale Italiana Second Class Passage Contract for Passage on the SS Roma, Departing from Naples to New York Dated 18 September 1928.

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

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

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.

 

Second Class Passage Ticket - Italian Immigrant - 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.

 

Navigazione Generale Italiana Third Class Passage Ticket for Passage on the SS Duilio, Departing from Genova for Buenos Aires

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

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

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

 

Italia Contratto per Biglietto di Classe Turistica 1935

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.

 

Lloyd Triestino Tourist Class Passage Ticket for a Voyage on the SS Galilea, Departing from Trieste for Haifa Dated 11 September 1936.

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

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

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

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

 

Cover of Brochure from the Italian Line on Third Class Rates from 1938.

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

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

 

Front Cover - 1938-07-14 SS Vulcania

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

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

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

 

Passenger's Receipt and Copy of the Transportation Contract, American Export Lines, Agents for Italia S.A.N. Genoa

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

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

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

 

Passenger Manifest, Italia SS Conte Biancamano Sep 1950

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

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

 

Front Cover of a Cabin Class Passenger List from the SS Saturnia of the Italia Soc. An. Di Navigazione, Departing 11 March 1952 from New York to Naples via Gibraltar, Barcelona, and Genoa

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.

 

Front Cover of a First Class Passenger List from the SS Conte Grande of the Italia Line, Departing 30 March 1952 from Genoa to Buenos Aires via Villefranche, Barcelona, Dakar, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, and Montevideo

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.

 

Front Cover of a Second Class Passenger List from the SS Giulio Cesare of the Italia Line, Departing 22 May 1952 from Buenos Aires to Genoa via Barcelona and Villfranca

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.

 

SITMAR Passage Contract Ticket for Passage on the SS Castel Felice, Departing from Le Havre to New York Dated 1 September 1956.

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.

 

Front Cover, IItalia 1881-2001 - Merchant Fleets #40

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.

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