Name of Object:

The yacht Makook III built by the Fratelli Orlando Company (Livorno, Italy) for the Egyptian Khedive Abbas Hilmi

Location:

Livorno, Italy

Holding Institution:

State Archives of Livorno

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Holding Institution (original language):

Archivio di Stato di Livorno

Date of Object:

1914

Description:

In 1910, the Khédivé of Egypt contracted the construction of a yacht to the shipyards Cantieri Gallinari of Livorno, Italy. This company went bankrupt and its business was absorbed by the Fratelli Orlando shipyards, from Livorno as well. After improving the project, the Fratelli Orlando started building the yacht in 1913 and delivered it to the Khédivé Hilmì Abbas in May 1914. In recognition of the high quality of work on the yacht engineer Giuseppe Orlando was granted the Ottoman decoration of the Order of Osmanieh.

Type of Object

Photograph

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

ASLi, Cantiere Navale Luigi Orlando, b. 8M2

Citation of this web page:

Daniela Tazzi "The yacht Makook III built by the Fratelli Orlando Company (Livorno, Italy) for the Egyptian Khedive Abbas Hilmi" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;16;en

Prepared by: Daniela Tazzi
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT1 016