Galileo Galilei & Guglielmo Marconi
 
 
These two glorious sisters were both completed in 1963 for Lloyd Triestino's Genoa-Sydney service. In 1976, Guglielmo Marconi was transferred to the Naples-Brazil-River Plate service of Italia Line. In 1979, both ships were transferred to Italia Crociere as fulltime cruise ships. This was not a success and both ships were laid up, later to be sold to Chandris Line and Costa Crociere respectively. On 21st May 1999, Sun Vista, ex-Galileo Galilei, sank off the Malaysian coast following an engine room fire. There were no fatalities.
 
 
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All pictures are from Lloyd Triestino official postcards unless otherwise stated.
The abbreviated names Galilei and Galileo are as shown on the card titles - both were used.
 
Colour art postcard of Galileo Galilei.
Scan: Ken Murayama.
 
Monochrome card of Galileo Galilei.
 
Monochrome card of Galileo Galilei, posted from Singapore to Genova in the 1960s (postmark illegible).
 
Colour card of Galileo Galilei.
 
Similar colour card of Galileo Galilei with ship enlarged.
 
Colour card of Guglielmo Marconi at Sydney.
 
Colour card of Galileo Galilei at Pago Pago.
 
Colour card of one of the sisters at Wellington.
 
Colour card of one of the sisters at Sydney.
 
Colour card of one of the sisters at Acapulco.
 
Colour card of one of the sisters at Las Palmas with a Sitmar ship.
 
The first class lounge of Marconi.
 
The tourist class Olimpia Lounge of Galilei.
 
The cinema, children's room and children's lido on Galileo.
 
The tourist class dining room of Galileo.
 
Folk dance aboard Galilei.
 
Crossing the line ceremony on one of the sisters.
 
Commercial card of Guglielmo Marconi at Sydney.
Scan: John E Hoskin.
 
Enlarged view from the card above card of Guglielmo Marconi at Sydney.
Scan: John E Hoskin.
 
John Engelander commercial card Galileo Galilei at Fremantle. Serial no. 1035/70, printed in West Germany.
 
Official Italia Line card of Guglielmo Marconi for the Mediterranean-South America service.
 
Official Italia Crociere card of Galilei.
 
Official Italia Crociere card of Marconi.
 
Finally, a pair of the many multi-view cards of Genoa showing the two sisters.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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