1933, ITALY : The italian Ocean Liner SS. CONTE DI SAVOIA (50.000 tons). ("Count of Savoy") Was an Italian ocean liner built in 1932 at the Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Trieste. originally ordered for the Lloyd Sabaudo line, however, after a merger with the Navigazione Generale Italiana, the ship was completed for the newly formed Italia Flotte Riunite. The new Italia Line also controlled the Rex, a similar though slightly larger ship completed just two months before Conte di Savoia.