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TAORMINA Ocean Liner
Taormina
was a transatlantic ocean liner that was launched in
Scotland in 1907 for an Italian shipping line. Taormina
sailed on her maiden voyage from Genoa to New York and
Philadelphia beginning on 3 September 1908. In 1909,
accommodations for 120 first-class passengers were
added, and in 1910, her accommodations were again
reconfigured so as to carry 60 first-class and 120
second-class passengers.
Taormina
was registered in Genoa. Her registered length was 482
ft, her beam was 58.3 ft, and her depth was 34.2 ft. Her
tonnages were 8,928 GRT. She had twin screws, each
driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine. The
combined power of the two engines was rated at 1,178 NHP
and gave her a speed of 16 knots.
After
beginning her last Italia Line voyage on 16 December
1911, Taormina was taken over by Lloyd Italiano in 1912
and put in Genoa–New York service.
In July
1918, Taormina was chartered for one voyage as a United
States troopship. On 26 July, Taormina, loaded with
2,680 officers and men, departed for France in the
company of U.S. Navy transports Finland and Kroonland.
The convoy arrived in Brest on 7 August. Taormina
arrived back in the United States on 20 August, ending
her one U.S. troopship voyage.
In 1919,
Taormina was put on the Genoa–Marseille–New York route,
making her last voyage on 8 August 1923. In 1927, she
returned to the same route for one roundtrip voyage. She
was scrapped at Savona in 1929.
Taormina
has two sister ships: Ancona and Verona. Ancona was
launched on 19 December 1907 and completed in February
1908. Verona was launched on 31 March 1908 and completed
that May.
34" long, this Taormina ship model is being built
for a gentleman whose father migrated to the US onboard
of the ship. Will be completed soon. Email us for
updates.
Learn more about the
Taormina here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Taormina_(1908)
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