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Younger & Bigger. The Italian government expects that the twin ships will lure tens of thousands of tourists to Italy, and that 70% of the voyagers will be dollar-dispensing Americans. By introducing two ships at once and simultaneously retiring the older Vulcania and Saturnia, the line reduced from 15 years to seven years the average age of its fleet on the competitive "Southern Atlantic" route, increased its capacity by 30%. Equally important, the twins created work for the Genoa and Trieste shipyards and the Italsider steel complex-all of which are owned by the Italian Line's parent...
...launched the Michelangelo, a 43,000-ton superliner for the North Atlantic run. Last week, to the crash of band music and the splash of spumante, Michelangelo's twin, Raffaello, slid down the ways at Trieste. When the two ships go to work next year, replacing the prewar Saturnia and Vulcania, they will be the fastest liners on the New York-Mediterranean run, cutting the voyage to Naples from eight to seven days...
...Queen Mary 81,235 1,987 Mauretania 35,677 1,157 Media 13,700 250 NETHERLANDS Veendam 15,652 530 Noordam 10,726 150 Wester dam 12,149 150 FRANCE De Grasse 18,435 711 SWEDEN Gripsholm 18,134 1,400 Drottningholm 11,055 700 ITALY (but U.S.-operated) Saturnia 19,637 1,600 Vulcania 24,469 1,600 SPAIN Magallanes 9,689 550 Marques de Comillas 9,922 550 Habana 8,279 100 POLAND Batory 14,287 832 Sobieski 10,030 766 NORWAY Stavangerfjord 13,156 750 GREECE Nea Hellas 16,991 1,450 CANADA Empress of Canada...
...others: Holland America Line's Veendam (552 passengers), Westerdam (150) and Noordam (150); Swedish America Line's Gripsholm (1,400) and Drottningholm (700); Italy's Saturnia (1,500); Norwegian America Line's Stavangerfjord (750); Spanish Line's Magallanes (500) and Marques de Camillas (500); French Line's Wisconsin (65) and Oregon (60); Gdynia American Line's Batory...
...fast Russian ships, packed tight as troop transports with tens of thousands of Armenians, have been shuttling for the last three months from Mediterranean ports through the Dardanelles toward Russia. One of the ships, the former Italian liner Saturnia (rechristened Rossia), brought gasps from disconsolate Turkish citizens on Istanbul's docks: it was the biggest vessel ever to pass through the Bosporus...