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SS Leonardo da Vinci was an ocean liner built in 1960 by Ansaldo Shipyards, Italy for the Italian Line as a replacement for their SS Andrea Doria that had been lost in 1956. . She was initially used in transatlantic service alongside SS Cristoforo Colombo, and primarily for cruising after the delivery of the new SS Michelangelo and SS Raffaello in 1965.
Leonardo da Vinci was the last of three Conte di Cavour-class dreadnoughts built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the early 1910s. Completed just before the beginning of World War I, the ship saw no action and was sunk by a magazine explosion in 1916 with the loss of 248 officers and enlisted men.
Leonardo da Vinci was built at the CRDA shipyard in Monfalcone, near Trieste, Italy's leading submarine builder.One of six boats of the Marconi class, which were laid down in 1938–39, Leonardo da Vinci was launched in September 1939.
Sailing again without the midget submarine, da Vinci sank six ships on its last patrol. While attempting to return to Bordeaux, da Vinci was sunk on 23 May 1943 by the escorts of convoy KMF 15. There were no survivors. Leonardo da Vinci was the top scoring non-German submarine of the entire war. [3] [4] [5]
built as Dmitriy Furmanov class river cruise ship; rebuilt to the biggest party boat of Europe: Ocharovannyy Strannik: 1956: 95.8 m (314 ft) 150: Kazan Shipping: Rodina / 588: Nizhny Novgorod: → : RRR 142507: originally, the Andrey Vyshinskiy, formerly Taras Shevchenko, Sergey Kuchkin, Taras Shevchenko: Ogni Bolshogo Goroda: 1977: 125.0 m ...
Torpedoed and sunk on October 28, 1940, by a German U-boat: R.M.S. Empress of Britain in 1931. RMS Empress of Canada: 1920 Torpedoed and sunk in 1943 by the Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci: R.M.S. Empress of Canada docked at Vancouver in June 1936: RMS Empress of China: 1890 Scrapped in 1912 – Yokohama, Japan
The Cristoforo Colombo departing Genoa on her maiden voyage. The Andrea Doria sank in 1956, following a collision with the MS Stockholm.The Cristoforo Colombo sailed on her own until 1960, when she was joined by the Andrea Doria's replacement, SS Leonardo da Vinci.
Leonardo da Vinci: Conte di Cavour-class battleship 14 October Germany: AG Vulcan: Stettin: V2: V1-class torpedo boat [14] 15 October Italy: Gio. Ansaldo & C. Genoa: Giulio Cesare: Conte di Cavour-class battleship 21 Occtober United Kingdom: Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd: Blyth: Crayford: type For William Cory & Son Ltd. [18] 25 ...