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MICHELANGELO ocean liner
For a large 63" long
model of the SS Michelangelo model, click
here
SS Michelangelo was an
Italian ocean liner built in 1965 for Italian Line
by Ansaldo Shipyards, Genoa.
On
21 April 1965, after five years of construction, a
ship that was
over 45,000 gross
tons and over 900 feet long,
with a service speed of
27 knots
was delivered. SS Michelangelo was
the
ship
that represented a synthesis of Italian industry and
artistry.
After many years of looking enviously on other
nations, Italy could finally boast their new
champion.
The
SS Michelangelo
ocean liner
had a very distinctive profile: sleek and sharp. The
most striking feature was her Turin
polytechnic-designed funnels, which consisted of an
intricate trellis-like pipework to allow wind to pass
through the funnel, and a large smoke deflector fin
on the top. The funnel design proved to be
highly effective in keeping smoke off the rear
decks. The smoke deflectors became popular in
ship design during the 1970s and 1980s, whereas the
idea of allowing wind to pass though the funnel was
picked up again in the late 1980s and is almost the
norm in modern shipbuilding.
SS
Michelangelo’s interiors were designed by three
famed marine architects, Nino Zoncada, Vincenzo
Monaco and Amedeo Luccichenti. The quality of their
work was well established having worked on Italian
Line liners. Michelangelo’s interiors were more
classical in style, whist her sister was quite
different. Her sister ship
Raffaello was handed over to design architects,
Michele and Giancarlo Busiri Vici who had mostly
worked on buildings and were known for their unique
style of futuristic designs. The magnificent first
class restaurant and foyer would stand out as being
simply remarkable.
Although grand in every way, sadly SS Michelangelo
and Raffaello had a relatively short 10 year
Trans-Atlantic career, which ended due to the Jet
age. However, their short lived career does not
detract of the grandeur of the Michelangelo and
Raffaello, for they will always be known as being
the pinnacle of Italian shipping.
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Together with the
Italian ocean
liner
Raffaello
model, this
primarily wood SS
Michelangelo model has been displayed on
the
CMIT-Europe's
board meeting room since 2018. Our SS Michelangelo classic
ocean liner ship
features:
-
Plank-on-frame hull
- Windows and portholes are cutouts
(not black decals or indentation) which are clean,
uniform, and aligned
35" L x 12" T x
5" W (7" wide with base)
$3,590 Shipping and insurance in
the contiguous USA included.
Other places: $400 flat rate.
63"
L x 20" T x 9" W: click
here for more info:
large Michelangelo.
Other sizes,
send us an email for a quote.
Lighting feature is included.
A ship without beautiful lighting is
not an ocean liner.
Model is built per commission only. We require only a
small deposit (not full amount, not even half) to start
the process $900 The
remaining balance won't be due until the boat is
completed,
in several months.
"Hello Frank, yes it's a
beautiful model, my compliments; just one remark, I
would have liked seeing the Italian merchant marine flag
flying instead of a naked mast… George
(Marine Architect)."
More breathtaking Italian ocean liners
here:
SS Rex,
SS Andrea Doria
Learn more about ocean liner authenticity
here.
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Learn more about the
SS Michelangelo here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Michelangelo |
