| Name: | GIULIO CESARE |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 07/02/1920 |
| Completed: | 11/1921 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 967 |
| Dimensions: | 21657grt, 12826nrt, 602.4 x 76.5 x 46.3ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, SR geared, 3620nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 19.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 11/1921 | Navigazione Generale Italiana, La Spezia |
| 1932 | “Italia” (Flotte Riunite Cosulich – Lloyd Sabaudo – NGI), Genoa |
| 1937 | Lloyd Triestino SA di Navigazione, Genoa |
| 11/09/1944 | Sank |
| Comments: | Laid down in 01/1914 & remained unfinished on the stocks during WW1 |
| Accommodation for 243 x 1st, 306 x 2nd & 800 x Steerage Class passengers | |
| Completion delayed as a joiners strike caused ship to be completed at Genoa | |
| 08/09/1943: Damaged by crew sabotage at Trieste | |
| Used by German forces as an accommodation ship | |
| 11/09/1944: Capsized & sank after an Allied air strike at Trieste | |
| 1949: Refloated and broken up |
Above: Alongside at Wallsend Slipway. Photo is courtesy of Brian Newman
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Turnwald
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Turnwald
Above photo is courtesy of Lloyd Bacon