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RAFFAELLO
RAFFAELLO
RAFFAELLO

Sister of Michelangelo. T 45,933 g, 24,557n.

1963 Mar 24: Launched. Became regarded as an unlucky ship.
July 25: M/v Genoa-New York. Her arrivai in New York was timed to coincide with Michelangelo (whose departure had been delayed for this reason) being at pier 90 thereby affording much publicity because no two large sisters had been there together since 1939 (Bremen and Europa).

Oct: Suffered an engine room fire which cut off one engine and she was forced to put back to Genoa.

1970 May 19: OffGibraltar she collided with the OBO Cuyahoga (Torvald KIaveness) near Cape Trafalgar, Spain. Repaired at Gibraltar.

1973 Sept 27: Damaged a screw and retumed to Genoa for it to be changed.

1974 Reduced to two classes like her sister.

1975 Apr 30: Laid up at Genoa. June: At La Spezia for disposal. Sold to the Imperial Iranian

Navy. 1977 Aug: became a barracks ship at Bandar Abbas. Same name.

1982 During the Iraq-Iran war she was bombed by Iraqi aircraft and set on fire. Towed out and scuttled outside the harbour. 1986 Tbe wreck was condemned for scrap.

1987 Feb 4: Inbound fim Bushire, the Iran Salam (Iran Shipping Lines) hit the wreck and was extensively damaged. Tbe wreck of Raffaelo was then removed piecemeal.

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Aggiunta il 28/12/2007
Dimensioni 376 x 556
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