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SS ''Conte di Savoia'' ("Count of Savoy") was an Italian ocean liner built in 1932 at the
''Popular Mechanics, April 1931 In practice they reduced the rolling by slowing down the rolling period, however, they also caused the vessel to "hang" annoyingly when the vessel was on the extreme limit of her rolls. For safety reasons the system was quickly abandoned on eastbound crossings where the prevailing weather produced following seas, although it was still used on westbound crossings. This was because with a following sea (and the deep slow rolls this generated) the vessel tended to 'hang' with the system turned on, and the inertia it generated made it harder for the vessel to right herself from heavy rolls. None of this ever affected the operation of the shipping lines advertising department and the benefits of a "smooth crossing" were heavily promoted during the life of the ship. In 1931, Italian architect, Melchiorre Bega was selected to design the interior lay-out and furnishings of the Conte di Savoia. Bega, who was well-known for his innovative designs of stores, cafés and hotels, created a modernist interior.
''Conte di Savoia'' was pulled from commercial line service in 1940 for wartime service.Dawson, p. 245 She was sunk in 1943, and despite being refloated and rebuilt in 1945 was scrapped in 1950.
Page at 20th Century Liners website1931 Popular Mechanics article detailing gyro system.
*, illustrated description of the ''Rex'' and the ''Conte di Savoia'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Conte di Savoia Ocean liners Passenger ships of Italy Steamships of Italy Troop ships of Italy 1931 ships Ships built by Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Ships built in Trieste Maritime incidents in September 1943
Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico
Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico ("United Shipbuilders of the Adriatic") was an Italian manufacturer in the sea and air industry which was active from 1930 to 1966. This shipyard is now owned by Fincantieri.
History
In 1930, Stabilimento Tecnic ...
, Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into prov ...
.Dawson, p. 108
''Conte di Savoia'' was originally ordered for the Lloyd Sabaudo line; however, after a merger with the Navigazione Generale Italiana, the ship was completed for the newly formed Italia Flotte Riunite. The new Italia Line also controlled , a similar though slightly larger ship completed just two months before ''Conte di Savoia''. The ''Conte di Savoia'' was more modern in decoration and appearance than ''Rex'' and was the first major liner fitted with gyroscopic stabilisers.
History
In November 1932, she made her maiden voyage to New York. Unlike ''Rex'', she never made a record transatlantic crossing, reaching a best speed of in 1933. ''Conte di Savoia'' had one unusual feature designed to increase passenger numbers. Three hugeanti-rolling gyro Ship stabilizing gyroscopes are a technology developed in the 19th century and early 20th century and used to stabilize roll motions in ocean-going ships. It lost favor in this application to hydrodynamic roll stabilizer fins because of reduced co ...
scopes were fitted low down in a forward hold. These rotated at high revolutions and were designed to mitigate rolling
Rolling is a type of motion that combines rotation (commonly, of an axially symmetric object) and translation of that object with respect to a surface (either one or the other moves), such that, if ideal conditions exist, the two are in contact ...
- a persistent problem on the rough North Atlantic crossing that affected all shipping lines."Italian Liner To Defy The Waves"''Popular Mechanics, April 1931 In practice they reduced the rolling by slowing down the rolling period, however, they also caused the vessel to "hang" annoyingly when the vessel was on the extreme limit of her rolls. For safety reasons the system was quickly abandoned on eastbound crossings where the prevailing weather produced following seas, although it was still used on westbound crossings. This was because with a following sea (and the deep slow rolls this generated) the vessel tended to 'hang' with the system turned on, and the inertia it generated made it harder for the vessel to right herself from heavy rolls. None of this ever affected the operation of the shipping lines advertising department and the benefits of a "smooth crossing" were heavily promoted during the life of the ship. In 1931, Italian architect, Melchiorre Bega was selected to design the interior lay-out and furnishings of the Conte di Savoia. Bega, who was well-known for his innovative designs of stores, cafés and hotels, created a modernist interior.
''Conte di Savoia'' was pulled from commercial line service in 1940 for wartime service.Dawson, p. 245 She was sunk in 1943, and despite being refloated and rebuilt in 1945 was scrapped in 1950.
See also
*Eugenio Pacelli's 1936 visit to the United States
Eugenio Pacelli (the soon-to-be Pope Pius XII) visited the United States for two weeks in October–November 1936 as Cardinal Secretary of State and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church. At the time, Pacelli was the highest-ranking Catholic offi ...
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*External links
Page at 20th Century Liners website
*, illustrated description of the ''Rex'' and the ''Conte di Savoia'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Conte di Savoia Ocean liners Passenger ships of Italy Steamships of Italy Troop ships of Italy 1931 ships Ships built by Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Ships built in Trieste Maritime incidents in September 1943