Irpinia [Campana]

[starce]

Built in 1929 as Campana for French S.G.T.M. in 1943 wa renamed RIO JACHAL and in 1955 sold to SIOSA (Sicula Oceanica) of F.LLI GRIMALDI Naples, at the beginning with two funnels and then after furtHer transformation in cruise ship with only one,the IRPINIA was the ship that was part of the history of Italian Shippinh

[Ellinis]

IRPINIA was indeed a truly historic vessel. Her full story with several photos can be found here.

Another brochure of IRPINIA is also available here.

[esperos]

Μιας και το σκάλισμα αναμνήσεων έφερε στην επιφάνεια την εταιρεία SIOSA των Grimaldi με το ιστορικό πλοίο IRPINIA, που γνωρίζουμε ότι το 1970 τουλάχιστον στις 15θήμερες κρουαζιέρες του από Γένοβα προς Βενετία και Τεργέστη προσήγγιζε σε Πάτρα και Κέρκυρα, να αφιερώσουμε 3 φωτογραφίες του όταν πολύ αργότερα με αφετηρία την Γένοβα εκτελούσε τις εβδομαδιαίες κρουαζιέρες ''Le Perle del Mediterraneo'' Ελληνιστί ''Τα Μαργαριτάρια της Μεσογείου''.


IRPINIA Arrivo.jpg

IRPINIA Mille.jpg

IRPINIA Partenza.jpg

[starce]

Nai, klassiki kroiziera apo Genova mpros Capri (h Napoli analoga me to kairo) Palermo, Malta, Tunisi, Palma, Genova. Afti kroiziera ektelundane prin me to CARIBIA ex VULCANIA ths Italia di Navigazione.

[britanis]

from a friend !
he make a cruise in the 70`s
the IRPINIA

irpi.jpg

[Nicholas Peppas]

The last 100 years , we have so many fantastic liners .........but many or forgotten. She is one of these

Here is some more information of Irpinia from Bill Miller's book Modern Cruise Ships 1965-1990, Dover, 1992. On page 54 it presents a very white and very long Irpinia at a cruise in Geirangerfjord, Norway. She was originally the French Campana and had been built at Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson in 1929. She had 13,204 tons and a speed of 16 knots. Among others, she was with Siosa Lines doing cruises. She was scrapped in 1983, age 54 (!) but not before she "starred" as the infamous St Louis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_St._Louis) in the Voyage of the Damned in 1976 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075406/ By that time she was with Sicula Oceana

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[τοξοτης]

Το πρίν και το μετά του IRPINIA

Πηγή : www.simplonpc.co.uk/Grimaldi_SIOSA_PCs.html

The picture below shows Irpinia's original two-funnelled state, on a card giving the company's full title: Fratelli Grimaldi - Sicula Oceanica S.A.

A second Grimaldi postcard of Irpinia in original two-funnelled state.

This Grimaldi-Siosa card shows Irpinia after the 1962 rebuilding.

[Roi Baudoin]

Let's see some shots of a film of Stuart Rosenberg with the title "Voyage of the Damned" (1976).

Ellinis informed me that that the ship of the film is "Iprinia".
In the film the name of the ship is "St Louis".

In the film played Lee Grant, Faye Danaway, Oscar Werner, Sam Wanamaker, Lynne Frederick.

Many thanks to Ellinis for all his help.

Special dedicated to all of you.

There are many many beautiful shots with the ship.

Among them ..

St Louis.jpg St Louis 2.jpg St Louis 3.jpg St Louis 4.jpg St Louis 5.png

[britanis]

yeees a great movie
great ship
famous actor
but a very bad movie ...i say B-movie

[britanis]

the joke was,after here rebuilt with into a one funnel liner,she was chartet for the movie!
the second funnel is a "dummy" (fake)
i saw the movie for two month on DVD
some scene i think are made on the ship,deck ( clear) dinnerroom,maschine,captainsrooms!
some cabins............i dont now.i have pictures from the line and the cabins was style in the 50s/60s
and the biggest point is: the original ST.LOUIS have a black hull,not white!
the actors: have big name .........but his work was bad!
only highlight orsen wells
maria schell is only crying ( she was in germany the crying soul ;.))

good is for shiplovers many very good pictures from the IRPINIA
P.s. roi can make pictures from the deck ? ;-))
i hope ,i hope that i have this year time to make the model