MERCATOR IT PASSENGER SHIP \'SS LEONARDO DI VINCI\' 1/1250 MODEL SHIP
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MERCATOR IT PASSENGER SHIP \'SS LEONARDO DI VINCI\' 1/1250 MODEL SHIP:
$113.19
METAL MODEL OF ITALIAN LINE PASSENGER SHIP \'SS LEONARDO DI VINCI\' BUILT BY ANSALDO SHIPYARDS, GENOA 1960. 33 340 TON. 232 METRES. 25.5 KNOTS. 1326 PASSENGERS.
On 30 June 1960, under the command of theItalian Line\'s Senior Captain, Com.te Sup. Armando Pinelli, theLeonardo da Vinciset out on her maiden voyage fromGenoatoNew York,where she received the traditional festive welcome accorded liners arriving in the city for the first time.Soon after she entered service, the Italian Line announced that by 1965 at latest the ship would be refit to run on nuclear power.This however did not come to pass, and anyway at the time of the announcement it was already known to executives of the company that by 1965 theLeonardo da Vinciwould be supplanted on the North Atlantic service by the newSSMichelangeloandSSRaffaello, the planning for which already had started in 1958.
After theMichelangeloandRaffaellowere delivered in May and July 1965, respectively,theLeonardo da Vinciwas used almost exclusively for cruising, mostly around the Mediterranean, but also sometimes to theCaribbean,South America, andNorth America.The majority of her Tourist-class cabins were considered too spartan for cruise service, and remained unused when the ship was used for cruising, further cutting the profitability of the ship.In 1966 she was re-painted in the new livery of the Italian Line, a white hull with a longitudinal thin, green decorative band, instead of her original black hull with a white decorative band. In February 1970 the ship departed on her most extensive cruise, a 41-day journey from the Mediterranean toHawaiivia thePanama Canaland back again.
During the 1970s competition fromjet aircraftbecame more and more pressing on the North Atlantic service. In 1975 the Italian Line decided withdraw both theMichelangeloandRaffaellofrom service.But despite the withdrawal of state subsidiaries,the Italian Line did not withdraw from the North Atlantic service altogether and theLeonardo da Vincireturned to her original route for a short period until June 1976, when she too was withdrawn from service and laid up.
In 1977 theLeonardo da Vinciwas brought back into service, this time for cruising under the banner ofItalia Crociere(also known as Italian Line Cruises), a newly formed subsidiary of the Italian Line. The ship was used on one-night cruises fromMiamitoNassau, Bahamas, but proved unnecessarily large and too expensive to operate on a service of that kind.On 23 September 1978 theLeonardo da Vincireturned toLa Spezia, Italy to be laid up.
Despite numerous rumors to the contrary, she never saw service again. After the ship had been laid up for two years, a fire started on board on 4 July 1980. She burned for four days and eventually capsized. The burnt-out hulk was later righted and towed to the scrapyard at La Spezia where it was scrapped in 1982.
THE MODEL IS DETAILED ANDWAS MADE BY GERMANMODEL MAKERS MERCATOR. MEASURES 19.5 CM LONG, USED MODEL.
OUT OF PRODUCTION.
THE MODEL WILL BE WELL PACKED SO IT CAN\'T BE DAMAGED IN TRANSIT,ADDITIONAL PURCHASES CAN BE ADDED TO THEPARCEL AT A SMALL COST
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MERCATOR IT PASSENGER SHIP \'SS LEONARDO DI VINCI\' 1/1250 MODEL SHIP:
$113.19