Merchant Fleets 40, Italia 1881-2001

Haws, D: 2001 UK, softcover 205 pages., with the history and all the details of the historical fleet, with detailed side-profile drawing of the ships. The final volume in the acclaimed Merchant Fleets series, comprehensively documenting the convoluted history of Italian shipping lines from the 1881 merger of Florio and Rubattino through the formation of major state-funded companies and their evolution into modern Italia. The book features detailed profiles of 494 ships and their careers with 149 ship illustrations covering over 450 vessels, tracing the parallel development of Italy's merchant marine alongside the nation's political and economic transformation through two world wars and into the modern cruise and freight era. ISBN 9780946378371 In very good condition