Name of Object:

Project for a steamship for the Sultan of Morocco, by the Fratelli Orlando shipyards (Livorno, Italy)

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:

Livorno, 7 March 1899

Description:

Project drawn to a scale 1:100.
In 1899, the Fratelli Orlando shipyards (Livorno, Italy) made a project of a screw steamer for the Sultan of Morocco. The steamer was to have two decks, two steam engines of 900 HP and harbour twelve passengers. The project, however, was never realised.
The Fratelli Orlando shipyards built the cruiser Bascir for the Moroccan Navy and a yacht for the Khédivé of Egypt.

Type of Object

Archival document

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

ASLi, Cantiere Navale Luigi Orlando, busta 10M2

Citation of this web page:

Daniela Tazzi "Project for a steamship for the Sultan of Morocco, by the Fratelli Orlando shipyards (Livorno, Italy)" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;22;en

Prepared by: Daniela Tazzi
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT1 022