The Australia was launched by her builders Cantieri Reuniti dell’Adriatico Shipyards at Yard number 1758, on May 21, 1950 with a great number of dignitaries present, from Lloyd Triestino, the government and many from high other high ranking families, for obviously this was a big event for the company, being the very first Italian liner built specially for Lloyd Triestino after the WWII!

Although the MS Australia was the first of the trio to be completed in April 1951, she was followed rapidly by Oceania just a month later, but we will come to her later!

With the first of their post war liners ready, Lloyd Triestino’s MS Australia departed on her maiden voyage from Trieste bound for Sydney Australia on April 19, 1951, and she arrived in Fremantle (Perth) on May 11, then continued to Adelaide arriving on May 15, she then arrived in Melbourne on May 17, where she remained there for three days and departed on the 19th.arriving in Sydney on May 22, but just this time she continued to Brisbane sailing along the Brisbane river to the Hamilton wharves on May 24 where she ended her successful maiden voyage. She returned to Italy, not to Trieste, but to her home port Genoa and she would based here on depart from there!

Her and her sister’s itinerary in general was as follows: Genoa, Naples, Messina, Port Said, Suez, Colombo, Djakarta, Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Djakarta, Singapore, Colombo, Cochin, Aden, Suez, Port Said, Messina, Naples to Genoa. There were changes later, 

http://ssmaritime.com/MS-Australia-and-Sisters.htm

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