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{{Short description|Italian ocean liner (1920–1944)}}
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|Ship image=Ss guilio cesare 1923.jpg
|Ship caption=SS ''Giulio Cesare''
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|Ship country=[[Italy]]
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|Ship name=SS ''Giulio Cesare''
|Ship namesake=[[Julius Caesar]]
|Ship owner=*1922-1932: [[Navigazione Generale Italiana]]
*1932-1942: [[Italian Line]]
*1942-1944: [[International Red Cross]]
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|Ship registry=Italy
|Ship route=Italy-South America & Cruising
|Ship ordered=1920
|Ship builder=Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd, Newcastle-on-Tyne
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|Ship launched=7 February 1920 
|Ship completed=March 1922
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|Ship maiden voyage=4 May 1922
|Ship homeport=[[Genoa]]
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|Ship fate=Sunk by Allied air attack 28 August 1944
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|Ship type=[[Ocean liner]]
|Ship tonnage={{GRT|22,576}}
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|Ship length={{convert|636|ft|m|abbr=on|1}}
|Ship beam={{convert|76.15|ft|m|abbr=on|1}}
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|Ship depth={{convert|66.3|ft|m|abbr=on|1}}
|Ship decks=4
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|Ship power=* 4 sets of geared steam turbines manufactured by Wallsend Slipway
* 6 boilers D.E. & four boilers S.E. creating 220lb of steam pressure by Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne
* {{convert|21,800|shp|lk=in|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=4 × [[Propeller|screw]]
|Ship speed={{convert|20|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship capacity=*'''Total passengers:'''
** First Class: 244
** Second Class: 306
** Tourist Class:1800
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|Ship notes=*'''Paintwork:'''
** White hull and upper works
** Boot-topping green
** Funnels white with red and black tops and narrow green band
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'''SS ''Giulio Cesare''''' was a [[Ocean liner|liner]] of the [[Navigazione Generale Italiana]], which was later operated by the [[Italian Line]]. The ship was used to transport first class, second class, and tourist-class passengers.

==Features==
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A feature of this ship was the Club situated on the boat-deck, with a bar. The ship also featured a saloon dining room, galleries, a ballroom, and other function rooms. Second class was situated amidships. ''Talkie'' apparatus were also fitted to the ship and a long-distance wireless telephone was also available. The tourist class accommodation was situated astern and also had several public rooms. The tourist passengers shared an open-air swimming pool with the 2nd class passengers.

==Service history==
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The ship was used on [[Genoa]]-[[Naples]]-South America voyages but also served North American ports. Until 1925 the SS ''Giulio Cesare'' and the [[SS Duilio|SS ''Duilio'']] were the two largest ships in the Italian merchant fleet.

In November 1933, she was reconditioned and made ready to serve on the [[Mediterranean]]-South Africa Service. In 1935, she collided with the German steamship ''Barenfels'' in the harbour of [[Gibraltar]]. This collision was deemed to be the fault of the German steamship and the captain and crew were detained along with the ship.

In 1942, during the [[Second World War]], SS ''Giulio Cesare'' was chartered to the [[International Red Cross]] for a time before being laid-up in the port of [[Trieste]]. SS ''Giulio Cesare'' was sunk by [[South African Air Force|SAAF]] [[Beaufighter]]s from [[16 Squadron SAAF|No. 16 Squadron]] on 28 August 1944. Upon returning from their mission, the airmen who sank the ship were reprimanded as their commanders believed that they had sunk a hospital ship.<ref>"Beaufighter navigator interview: Brian Hickey" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGG-L4pPOYQ</ref>

== Gallery ==
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File:SS Guilio Cesare (1).jpg|First Class Outward Ticket Series B for S.S. ''Giulio Cesare'' sailing on 7 July 1923 from New York to Naples, Italy
File:SS Giulio Cesare rocket attack (28 August 1944, Trieste harbour).jpg|Final rocket attack on 28 August 1944
File:GiulioCesareTicketFront.jpg|The front of a Second Class Ticket for S.S. Giulio Cesare that sailed on 5 September 1925 from Naples, Italy to New York.
File:GiulioCesareTicketBack.jpg|The back of a Second Class Ticket for S.S. Giulio Cesare that sailed on 5 September 1925 from Naples, Italy to New York.
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== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/Swan,_Hunter_and_Wigham_Richardson Grace's Guide – Swan Hunter 1920]

{{1935 shipwrecks}}
{{July 1944 shipwrecks}}

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[[Category:Cultural depictions of Julius Caesar]]
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