SS Giulio Cesare
{{Short description|Italian ocean liner (1920–1944)}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Giulio Cesare transatlantico.jpg | Ship caption = SS Giulio Cesare }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Italy | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Kingdom of Italy|civil}} | Ship name = SS Giulio Cesare | Ship namesake = Julius Caesar | Ship owner = *1922-1932: Navigazione Generale Italiana
| Ship operator = | Ship registry = Italy | Ship route = Italy-South America & Cruising | Ship ordered = 1920 | Ship builder = Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd, Newcastle-on-Tyne | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 7 February 1920 | Ship completed = March 1922 | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = 4 May 1922 | Ship homeport = Genoa | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship identification = | Ship fate = Sunk by Allied air attack 28 August 1944 | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Ocean liner | Ship tonnage = {{GRT|22,576}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|636|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} | Ship beam = {{convert|76.15|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = | Ship depth = {{convert|66.3|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} | Ship decks = 4 | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = * 4 sets of geared steam turbines manufactured by Wallsend Slipway
| Ship propulsion = 4 × screw | Ship speed = {{convert|20|kn|lk=in}} | Ship capacity = *Total passengers:
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SS Giulio Cesare was a liner of the Navigazione Generale Italiana, which was later operated by the Italian Line. The ship was used to transport first class, second class, and tourist-class passengers.
Features
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A feature of this ship was the Club situated on the boat-deck, with a bar. The ship also featured a saloon dining room, galleries, a ballroom, and other function rooms. Second class was situated amidships. Talkie apparatus were also fitted to the ship and a long-distance wireless telephone was also available. The tourist class accommodation was situated astern and also had several public rooms. The tourist passengers shared an open-air swimming pool with the 2nd class passengers.
Service history
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The ship was used on Genoa-Naples-South America voyages but also served North American ports. Until 1925 the SS Giulio Cesare and the SS Duilio were the two largest ships in the Italian merchant fleet.
In November 1933, she was reconditioned and made ready to serve on the Mediterranean-South Africa Service. In 1935, she collided with the German steamship Barenfels in the harbour of Gibraltar. This collision was deemed to be the fault of the German steamship and the captain and crew were detained along with the ship.
In 1942, during the Second World War, SS Giulio Cesare was chartered to the International Red Cross for a time before being laid-up in the port of Trieste. SS Giulio Cesare was sunk by SAAF Beaufighters from No. 16 Squadron on 28 August 1944. Upon returning from their mission, the airmen who sank the ship were reprimanded as their commanders believed that they had sunk a hospital ship."Beaufighter navigator interview: Brian Hickey" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGG-L4pPOYQ
Gallery
File:SS Guilio Cesare (1).jpg|First Class Outward Ticket Series B for S.S. Giulio Cesare sailing on 7 July 1923 from New York to Naples, Italy
File:SS Giulio Cesare rocket attack (28 August 1944, Trieste harbour).jpg|Final rocket attack on 28 August 1944
File:GiulioCesareTicketFront.jpg|The front of a Second Class Ticket for S.S. Giulio Cesare that sailed on 5 September 1925 from Naples, Italy to New York.
File:GiulioCesareTicketBack.jpg|The back of a Second Class Ticket for S.S. Giulio Cesare that sailed on 5 September 1925 from Naples, Italy to New York.
References
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External links
- [http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/Swan,_Hunter_and_Wigham_Richardson Grace's Guide – Swan Hunter 1920]
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Category:Passenger ships of Italy
Category:Maritime incidents in 1935
Category:Merchant ships sunk by aircraft
Category:Maritime incidents in July 1944