Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico


Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico 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. The new company built a number of light and heavy cruisers for the Regia Marina 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.
ShipTypeClassBuiltDisp.Notes
VariousSubmarinesN/A1931–40N/A27 submarines
Cruiser193114,530Sunk 1941
Luigi CadornaLt. cruiser19317,113Scrapped, 1951
Conte di SavoiaOcean linerN/A193248,502Scuttled 1943
Muzio AttendoloLight cruiser19358,994Sunk by bombing, 1942
Light cruiser193711,735Converted to guided missile cruiser, 1957, scrapped 1972
Dona NatiCargo19398,560For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines
Dona AuroraCargo19398,560For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines
Dona AnicetiCargo19398,560For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines
Vittorio VenetoBattleship194045,752Scrapped 1946?
RomaBattleship194245,752Sunk by bombing, 1943
DonizettiOcean linerN/A1951N/AN/A
RossiniOcean linerN/A1951N/AN/A
VerdiOcean linerN/A1951N/AN/A
AugustusOcean linerN/A195227,090Still operating as restaurant ship, MS Philippines, in 1999, scrapped at Alang in 2011
RaffaelloOcean linerN/A196545,933Sold to Iran and converted as floating barracks, 1977, sunk by bombing in 1983
N/AFrigateN/A1969N/AN/A
N/ASubmarineN/A1969N/AN/A
N/ACorvetteN/A1979N/AN/A

Reference: Winklareth p. 292-293''