Italian Line
SS Cristoforo Colombo
Italian passenger ship
History
SS Cristoforo Colombo was an Italian ocean liner built in the 1950s, sister ship of the SS Andrea Doria.
Text: Wikipedia — SS Cristoforo Colombo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Further Reading
Ship Facts & Specifications
Tonnage
29,191 gross register tons
Length
700 feet (216.6 m)
Beam
90 feet (27.9 m)
Speed
23 knots
Passengers
229 First Class
Builder
Ansaldo Shipyards of Genoa, Italy
Launched
10 May 1953
Maiden voyage
1954
Owner
Italian Line
Port of registry
Italy
Propulsion
Twin screws
Fate
Scrapped in 1982 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
