The SS Leonardo DaVinci

This short film was done in 1967. Shows 3 boys sailing to Italy onboard the SS Leonardo Da Vinci. The boys are shown the ship by the crew. The SS Leonardo Da Vinci was built in 1960 to replace the sunken Andrea Doria. Originally the ship had an identical livery to those used in the Andrea Doria and Cristoforo Colombo, with a black hull with a thin white ribbon painted two thirds from the bottom of the black-painted area. In 1966 her livery (like that of all Italian Line ships) was altered to follow the design adapted in the Michelangelo and Raffaello, with a white hull and a thin green ribbon painted where the black hull colour previously ended. Transatlantic Service ceased in 1974 and the ship did cruise service for a limitted time from Florida but this was not financialy viable. Despite numerous rumors the ship never saw service again. After being laid up for two years, a fire started onboard on 4 July 1980. The ship burned for four days and eventually capsized. The burnt-out hulk was later righted and towed to the scrapyard at La Spezia where it then was scrapped in 1982.

The Raffaello's older brother the Michelangelo of 1962