Passenger ship “Michelangelo” (date & place unknown)
Owner: “Italia” Societa per Azioni di Navigazione, Genoa
Flag: Italy
Builder: Ansaldo S.p.A., Genoa
Gross tons: 45,911
Deadweight: 9,192
Length overall: 275.83 m
Max. draft: 9.332 m
Engines: 4 x steam turbines, 87,000 s.h.p., by Ansaldo Stab. Mecc., Genoa; twin-screw
Speed: 29 knots
Completed April 1965 (1,775 passengers in 3 classes)
Bought 1976 by Shah of Iran (together with sister “Raffaello”) for conversion to a floating accommodation ship for the Imperial Iranian Navy; berthed at the Naval base in Bandar Abbas (see photo 3294798 on this site)
Sold 1991 for scrapping at Gadani Beach, Pakistan

Photo scanned from slide given to me by Mike Lee, a one-time fellow World Ship Society member who I believe has since passed away.