Works for liners

Ausonia

Passenger turbine ship, Adriatica Società di Navigazione, Venice.

Shipyard	Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, Cantiere di Manfalcone
Tonnage	11,879 tons
Length	159.00 m
Breadth	21.00 m
Motor system	2 sets of double-demoltiplication turbine-reducers
Manufacturer	Fabbrica Macchine Sant’Andrea, Trieste
Power	16,000 HP
Crusing speed	22 knots
Passengers	185 (I), 135 (II), 209 (III).
1956	5 August, launched
1957	20 September, delivered to the shipowners
1957	23 September, maiden voyage Trieste – Venice – Brindisi - Alexandria - Beirut
1978	assigned to Italia Crociere Internazionali and transformed into one-class crusing ship at the Arsenale Triestino in Trieste
1979	1 April, first cruise Trieste - Genoa
1980	chartered to the greek shipowner Chandris for cruises in Northern Europe
1981	chartered to Sicula Oceanica belonging to Grimaldi brothers for cruises in the Mediterranean Sea
1983	established the company Crociere s.p.a. by Grimaldi group for the ship management
1985	undergoes further transformation works and serves as cruising ship in the Western Mediterranean Sea
1998	Sold to Louis Hellenic Cruises, registered in Nicosia for the Ausoniamar Navigation Ltd.; from that time the ship operates cruises in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
1999	April, chartered to First Choice company
2002	registered for Louis Cruise Lines
2006	registered for Iona Maritime Co. Ltd, Piraeus, Grecia, renamed Ivoria
2007	renamed Aegean Two
2008	January, renamed Ivory
2010	January, sold to Indian demolition company, renamed Winner 5
2010	March, arrived to Alang (India) for demolition.

Architect and interior designer
Nino Zoncada.

Artists
Emanuele Luzzati, Giovanni Majoli, Marcello Mascherini, Enrico Paulucci, Ferruccio Quaia, Piero Zuffi.

Works by Mascherini:

1. Gondoliere (1957, bronze, l. 210 x h. 170 cm., cat. 464), first-class hall, formerly at Archivio Storico della Società Adriatica, Venice.