Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico

Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico ("United Shipbuilders of the Adriatic") was an Italian manufacturer in the sea and air industry which was active from 1930 to 1966. This shipyard is now owned by Fincantieri.

Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico (C.R.D.A)

Company type	Defunct (merged 1966)
Industry	Naval and commercial shipbuilding
Founded	1930
Defunct	1984
Fate	Absorbed into the Fincantieri Group
Headquarters	Trieste, Monfalcone , (Italy)
Services	Ship repair

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 (CRDA). The new company built a number of light and heavy cruisers for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) 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.^[1]

Production

Ship	Type	Class	Built	Disp.	Notes
J.A. Mowinckel[2]	Motor tanker		1930	11,147	Damaged by torpedo from U-576, 1942; repaired, 1943; scrapped at Blyth, 1954
Various	Submarines	N/A	1931–40	N/A	27 submarines
Fiume	Cruiser	Zara	1931	14,530	Sunk during Battle of Cape Matapan on 29 March 1941
Luigi Cadorna[3]	Lt. cruiser	Condottieri	1931	7,113	Scrapped, 1951
Conte di Savoia	Ocean liner	N/A	1932	48,502	Scuttled in 1943. later raised and Scrapped in 1950
Muzio Attendolo[4]	Light cruiser	Montecuccoli	1935	8,994	Sunk by bombing, 1942
Giuseppe Garibaldi[5]	Light cruiser	Duca degli Abruzzi	1937	11,735	Converted to guided missile cruiser, 1957, scrapped 1972
Edwy R. Brown[6]	Motor tanker		1938	10,455	Sunk by torpedo from U-103, 1941
Pedernales[7]	Motor tanker		1938	4,317	Scrapped at Rotterdam, 1959
Dona Nati[8]	Cargo		1939	8,560	For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines
Dona Aurora[8]	Cargo		1939	8,560	For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines
Dona Aniceti[8]	Cargo		1939	8,560	For the De la Rama S.S. Co. Inc., Iloilo, Philippines
Vittorio Veneto	Battleship	Vittorio Veneto[9]	1940	45,752	Scrapped 1946?
Roma[9]	Battleship	Vittorio Veneto	1942	45,752	Sunk by bombing, 1943
Donizetti	Ocean liner	N/A	1951	N/A	N/A
Rossini	Ocean liner	N/A	1951	N/A	N/A
Verdi	Ocean liner	N/A	1951	N/A	N/A
Augustus	Ocean liner	N/A	1952	27,090	Still operating as restaurant ship, MS Philippines, in 1999, scrapped at Alang in 2011
Raffaello	Ocean liner	N/A	1965	45,933	Sold to Iran and converted as floating barracks, 1977, sunk by bombing in 1983
N/A	Frigate	N/A	1969	N/A	N/A
N/A	Submarine	N/A	1969	N/A	N/A
N/A	Corvette	N/A	1979	N/A	N/A

Reference: Winklareth p. 292-293

See also

• Cantiere Navale Triestino
• Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino

References

1. List may be incomplete.
2. "J.A. Mowinckel". uboat.net. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
3. Gardiner and Chesneau 1985, p. 294.
4. Gardiner and Chesneau 1985, p. 295.
5. Gardiner and Chesneau 1985, p. 296.
6. "Edwy R. Brown". uboat.net. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
7. "Pedernales". uboat.net. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
8. Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 394. ISBN 1-59114-959-2.
9. Gardiner and Chesneau 1985, p. 289.

Bibliography

• Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.