General information
CONTE ROSSO
The Conte Rosso was a luxurious Italian oceanliner. It was built in Glasgow in 1921 for the Company Lloyd Sabaudo.His career, focused on journeys to the Americas, was interrupted by the war; in 1940 it becomes a troop transport ship but in 1941 it is torpedoed. In the disaster will be lost 1.297 souls.
COMPANIES
Llyod Sabaudo
This Company, based in Turin, was founded in 1906.in 1932 the company merged with Italia Navigazione .
Italia Flotte Riunite
This Company was founded in Genoa in 1932 from the Italian government to assemble all the Italian shipping companies. In 2002 the company was dismantled
Italian Royal Navy
Since 1940 the Conte Rosso became a troop transport ship, but on 24 of May of 1941 it was torpedoed and sinked.