1944 ca, TRIESTE , ITALY : The REX no more than a sad wreckage , lying on her side near Tieste (Capodistria , today Kooper, in Istria ). The S.S. Rex was an Italian 51,100 ton ocean liner that was launched in 1931 . She held the westbound Blue Riband between 1933 and 1935 . On 8 September 1944, off Koper, she was hit by 123 rockets launched by RAF aircraft, caught fire from stem to stern, rolled onto her port side, and sank in shallow water. She was broken up at the site beginning in 1947 . The Rex was featured in the Fellini film AMARCORD ( 1973 ). - TRANSATLANTICO - nave - boat - navigazio
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1944 ca, TRIESTE , ITALY : The REX no more than a sad wreckage , lying on her side near Tieste (Capodistria , today Kooper, in Istria ). The S.S. Rex was an Italian 51, 100 ton ocean liner that was launched in 1931 . She held the westbound Blue Riband between 1933 and 1935 . On 8 September 1944, off Koper, she was hit by 123 rockets launched by RAF aircraft, caught fire from stem to stern, rolled onto her port side, and sank in shallow water. She was broken up at the site beginning in 1947 . The Rex was featured in the Fellini film AMARCORD ( 1973 ). - TRANSATLANTICO - nave - boat - navigazione - sea - mare - ITALIA - TURISTI - TOURISTS - TURISM - TURISMO - FOTO STORICHE - HISTORY - HISTORICAL - VACANZE - journey - holidays - CROCIERA - WORLD WAR II - WWII - SECONDA GUERRA MONDIALE - naufragio - affondamento --- Archivio GBB