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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.

Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico (C.R.D.A)
Company typeDefunct (merged 1966)
IndustryNaval and commercial shipbuilding
Founded1930
Defunct1984
FateAbsorbed into the Fincantieri Group
Headquarters
Trieste, Monfalcone
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(Italy)
ServicesShip repair

History

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In 1930, Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino based at Trieste merged with another Italian company, the Cantiere Navale Triestino of Monfalcone, forming the Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico (CRDA). The new company built a number of light and heavy cruisers for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) between the wars, as well as some 27 submarines. It also built, in 1932, the ocean liner Conte di Savoia, the first major liner fitted with gyroscopic stabilizers.

During World War II, CRDA Trieste built two battleships for the Regia Marina, Vittorio Veneto and Roma. CRDA survived the postwar shakeup in the shipbuilding industry and went on to build several more commercial liners in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as a few naval vessels. In 1984, CRDA was sold to the Fincantieri Group.

For the Olympic regattas of 1960 the firm produced 55 Finn sailboats for the single-handed event in the Gulf of Naples.

Ships built

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The following table lists ships built at the former STT shipyards after the company's 1929 merger with Cantieri Navale Triestino to form CRDA.[1]

Production
Ship Type Class Built Disp. Notes
J.A. Mowinckel[2] Motor tanker 1930 11,147 Damaged by torpedo from U-576, 1942; repaired, 1943; scrapped at Blyth, 1954
Various Submarines N/A 1931–40 N/A 27 submarines
Fiume Cruiser Zara 1931 14,530 Sunk during Battle of Cape Matapan on 29 March 1941
Luigi Cadorna[3] Lt. cruiser Condottieri 1931 7,113 Scrapped, 1951
Conte di Savoia Ocean liner N/A 1932 48,502 Scuttled in 1943. later raised and Scrapped in 1950
Muzio Attendolo[4] Light cruiser Montecuccoli 1935 8,994 Sunk by bombing, 1942
Giuseppe Garibaldi[5] Light cruiser Duca degli Abruzzi 1937 11,735 Converted to guided missile cruiser, 1957, scrapped 1972
Edwy R. Brown[6] Motor tanker 1938 10,455 Sunk by torpedo from U-103, 1941
Pedernales[7] Motor tanker 1938 4,317 Scrapped at Rotterdam, 1959
Dona Nati[8] Cargo 1939 8,560 For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines
Dona Aurora[8] Cargo 1939 8,560 For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines
Dona Aniceti[8] Cargo 1939 8,560 For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines
Vittorio Veneto Battleship Vittorio Veneto[9] 1940 45,752 Scrapped at La Spezia 1951–54
Roma[9] Battleship Vittorio Veneto 1942 45,752 Sunk by bombing, 1943
Donizetti Ocean liner N/A 1951 N/A N/A
Rossini Ocean liner N/A 1951 N/A N/A
Verdi Ocean liner N/A 1951 N/A N/A
Augustus Ocean liner N/A 1952 27,090 Still operating as restaurant ship, MS Philippines, in 1999, scrapped at Alang in 2011
Raffaello Ocean liner N/A 1965 45,933 Sold to Iran and converted as floating barracks, 1977, sunk by bombing in 1983
N/A Frigate N/A 1969 N/A N/A
N/A Submarine N/A 1969 N/A N/A
N/A Corvette N/A 1979 N/A N/A

Reference: Winklareth p. 292-293

See also

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References

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  1. ^ List may be incomplete.
  2. ^ "J.A. Mowinckel". uboat.net. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. ^ Gardiner and Chesneau 1985, p. 294.
  4. ^ Gardiner and Chesneau 1985, p. 295.
  5. ^ Gardiner and Chesneau 1985, p. 296.
  6. ^ "Edwy R. Brown". uboat.net. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Pedernales". uboat.net. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  8. ^ a b c Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 394. ISBN 1-59114-959-2.
  9. ^ a b Gardiner and Chesneau 1985, p. 289.

Bibliography

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  • Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
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