SS Leonardo da Vinci (1958)

SS Leonardo da Vinci in Port Everglades, 1975
History
Name	Leonardo da Vinci
Namesake	Leonardo da Vinci
Owner	1960–1977: Italian Line 1977–1982: Italia Crociere[1]
Operator	1960–1976: Italian Line 1976–1977: laid up 1977–1978: Italia Crociere 1978–1982: laid up[1][2]
Port of registry	Genoa,  Italy[1]
Builder	Ansaldo Shipyards, Genoa, Italy
Yard number	1550[1]
Laid down	1958[2]
Launched	7 December 1958[1]
Christened	7 December 1958 by Carla Gronchi[2]
Maiden voyage	30 June 1960[1]
In service	30 June 1960[1]
Out of service	23 September 1978[1]
Identification	IMO number: 5206518[1]
Fate	Caught fire and capsized in 1980, scrapped 1982[1]
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	33,340 GRT 5,641 DWT[1]
Length	232.60 m (763.12 ft)[2]
Beam	28.10 m (92.19 ft)[2]
Draught	9.55 m (31.33 ft)[1]
Installed power	4 × Ansaldo steam turbines combined 38792 kW[1]
Propulsion	Twin screws[3]
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) (service)[3] 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) (maximum)[1]
Capacity	1,326 passengers (413 first class, 342 cabin class, 571 tourist class) in liner service[3] 984 passengers in cruise service[1]

SS Leonardo da Vinci was an ocean liner built in 1960 by Ansaldo Shipyards, Italy for the Italian Line as a replacement for their SS Andrea Doria that had been lost in 1956. She was initially used in transatlantic service alongside SS Cristoforo Colombo, and primarily for cruising after the delivery of the new SS Michelangelo and SS Raffaello in 1965.^[2] In 1976 the Leonardo da Vinci became the last Italian Line passenger liner to be used in service across the North Atlantic.^[4] Between 1977 and 1978 she was used as a cruise ship by Italia Crociere but was laid up from 1978 onwards until 1982 when she was scrapped.^[1][2]

Named after the famous Italian inventor and artist Leonardo da Vinci, the ship featured numerous technological innovations, including provisions for conversion to run on nuclear power.^[2][5][6][7]