Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico
# 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.

## History

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. The ocean liner Conte di Savoia was also constructed in 1932.

During the 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

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

Production :

| Ship | Type | Class | Built | Disp. | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| J.A. Mowinckel | 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 | 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 | Light cruiser | Montecuccoli | 1935 | 8,994 | Sunk by bombing, 1942 |
| Giuseppe Garibaldi | Light cruiser | Duca degli Abruzzi | 1937 | 11,735 | Converted to guided missile cruiser, 1957, scrapped 1972 |
| Edwy R. Brown | Motor tanker | | 1938 | 10,455 | Sunk by torpedo from U-103, 1941 |
| Pedernales | Motor tanker | | 1938 | 4,317 | Scrapped at Rotterdam, 1959 |
| Dona Nati | Cargo | | 1939 | 8,560 | For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines |
| Dona Aurora | Cargo | | 1939 | 8,560 | For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines |
| Dona Aniceti | Cargo | | 1939 | 8,560 | For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines |
| Vittorio Veneto | Battleship | Vittorio Veneto | 1940 | 45,752 | Scrapped 1946? |
| Roma | 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

