| Name: | PRÉSIDENT DAL PIAZ |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 26/01/1929 |
| Completed: | 05/1929 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1294 |
| Dimensions: | 4866grt, 3116nrt, 363.0 x 52.8 x 27.0ft |
| Engines: | 6 x Steam turbines (2 groups of HP, IP & LP), SR geared |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.5knots |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 05/1929 | Cie Générale Transatlantique, Marseilles |
| 07/1940 | Siezed by Government of Italy |
| 22/02/1943 | Government of Italy ("Italia" SA di Nav, Genoa); renamed MELFI |
| 09/1943 | Under German Government control |
| 02/1944 | Cie Générale Transatlantique, Marseilles |
| 02/1944 | Renamed PRÉSIDENT DAL PIAZ |
| 26/06/1944 | Scuttled |
| Comments: | Built for the Marseilles to Algiers service |
| Accommodation for 125 x 1st, 164 x 2nd, 94 x 3rd & 300 x steerage passengers | |
| 26/06/1944: Scuttled by German forces as a blockship at Cassis | |
| Subsequently broken up in situ |
Above photo as PRESIDENT DAL PIAZ is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as PRESIDENT DAL PIAZ is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo shows PRESIDENT DAL PIAZ on the right. Photo is copyright of D Falcou
Above photo shows the scuttled PRESIDENT DAL PIAZ. Photo is copyright of D Falcou
Above photo shows PRESIDENT DAL PIAZ on the left. Photo is copyright of D Falcou
Above photo shows PRESIDENT DAL PIAZ on the left. Photo is copyright of D Falcou