SS Rex
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SS Rex was an Italian ocean liner launched in 1931. She held the westbound Blue Riband between 1933 and 1935, for a passenger liner in regular service crossing the Atlantic Ocean with the record highe
SS Rex in 1933
First class grand staircase
Welcome Flier for Tourist Class of Conte di Savoia and Rex, 1932
A 272 Squadron Beaufighter climbs away after attacking Rex, (8 September 1944)
SS Conte di Savoia
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SS Conte di Savoia was an Italian ocean liner built in 1932 at the Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Trieste.
SS Rex
…that the ship sailed for the newly created Italia Flotta Riunite (Italian Line). Rex operated transatlantic crossings from Italy with its running mate, Conte di Savoia prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. Rex maintained a commercial service in the Mediterranean Sea for eight years, but when Italy entered the…
«Conte Di Savoia» durante le sue prove in mare
Conte di Savoia being scrapped, 1950