Thank you for sharing.. Me and my family left Italy in 1971 from Genova on the Galileo Galilei bound to Australia ,as an 8 year old boy it was a trip of a life time. In 1974 we left Australia on the Galileo Galilei heading back to Italy and the trip was 33 days which took us through the Panama Canal. In January 1975 we left Italy once again on board the Galileo Galilei heading back to Australia when off the west coast of Africa the ship ( 13 January 1975 ) the ship struck a reef and i can vividly recall the drama on board. Black diesel nafta started filling the tourist class swimming pool, the crew were running around and looking over the side of the ship which you could easily see the trail of black diesel nafta. Next day we woke up and we were in the port of Dakar ( i read somewhere that Galileo was diverted to Monrovia but i know for a fact that it wasn't Monrovia but it was Dakar ) tied up at the industrial dock. We were in Dakar for 2 days waiting for the divers from Lloyd Triestino to assess the damage. Then we went back to Genova and Lloyd Triestino put us up in Rome for the night and next day boarded a 747 to Melbourne.. I miss the beautiful ship..
1st wonderful cruise was from Miami to Cozumel on the Galileo. Perfecto! Recall the darkened dining room with many Baked Alaskas lit on fire with sparklers and paraded gingerly by staff. (There was also a popular Kung Fu video game that had a long line to play) Good times. Thanks for the memories.
Hey!!..what memories! I came to Australia on board of Guglielmo Marconi in 1967 from Piraeus to Sydney. We had to take the long way around Africa as the Israelis and Arabs decided to have a 'party' near the Suez canal. In 1974 I took a return trip to Europe, again on the Marconi and returned from Genoa on the Galileo. The trip to Europe took us from Sydney to Aucland and then, Suva, Tahiti, Acapulco, the Panama canal, Curacao island, Lisbon, Malaga, Malta, Messina and Piraeus! Fantastic! Wonderful ships, great crews and lot's of Italian hospitality and fun, including dancing the Tarantella on one of the decks! I still remember the Italian announcements when the ship got to a port: "...attenzione, attenzione prego!...Tutti signorie passengeri .... etc. etc. " Many thanks Signore Pallino for this wonderful return to the past!
HO FATTO 2 BELLISSIME E INDIMENTICABILI CROCERE DA BAMBINO GENOVA MELBOURNE CON LÀ GALILEO E POI DOPO 2 ANNI IL RITORNO MALBURNE GENOVA CON LÀ MARCONI, CON L'EQUIPAGGIO TUTTO ITALIANO, ERAVAMO COME UNA FAMIGLIA!!!!!!.
Travelled on the Galileo Galilei in 1975 from Genova to Auckland. Still have the ships newspaper, menu etc. but unfortunately lost all contact with fellow passengers.
I travelled from Sydney to Naples with my grandfather in 1977 on the Galileo Galilei. I was 11 and it was the Galileo's last voyage from Australia to Europe. I never knew it then, but this trip has turned out to be the most beautiful memory of my life. Thank you for posting as all my photographs were destroyed in the Sydney 1984 floods. I wonder where Maria (she was a passenger and ended up being the Italian Newsreader on the ship's TV channel) Vince, Fredo and Antonio are today. Sorry we had an argument Bernard.
pinco pallino e non ti ricordi di me calderone . Pagliarani .fichera. Ecc. Ecc.belli tempi ma dalle foto non mi ricordo di quasi nessuno a parte te ciao pinco pallino stammi bene
Ciao si di Pagliarani mi ricordo e pure di Fichera ,magari se potessi vedere la tua foto potrei ricordarmi pure di te,gli anni purtroppo passano e pure la memoria non è piu' come una volta comunque se eventualmente sei su facebook fammelo sapere,ciao e stammi bene pure te,
COSÌ HO ATRAVERSATO LEQUATORE BEN 4 VOLTE, ALL'ANDATA UNA VOLTA E AL RITORNO 3 VOLTE XCHE IL CANALE DI SUEZ ERA QIUSO CAUSA UNA GUERRA!!!!!!!!. IL RITORNO ERA IL 1967!!!!!!!.
Thank you for sharing.. Me and my family left Italy in 1971 from Genova on the Galileo Galilei bound to Australia ,as an 8 year old boy it was a trip of a life time. In 1974 we left Australia on the Galileo Galilei heading back to Italy and the trip was 33 days which took us through the Panama Canal. In January 1975 we left Italy once again on board the Galileo Galilei heading back to Australia when off the west coast of Africa the ship ( 13 January 1975 ) the ship struck a reef and i can vividly recall the drama on board. Black diesel nafta started filling the tourist class swimming pool, the crew were running around and looking over the side of the ship which you could easily see the trail of black diesel nafta. Next day we woke up and we were in the port of Dakar ( i read somewhere that Galileo was diverted to Monrovia but i know for a fact that it wasn't Monrovia but it was Dakar ) tied up at the industrial dock. We were in Dakar for 2 days waiting for the divers from Lloyd Triestino to assess the damage. Then we went back to Genova and Lloyd Triestino put us up in Rome for the night and next day boarded a 747 to Melbourne.. I miss the beautiful ship..
Bellissima bei tempi
1st wonderful cruise was from Miami to Cozumel on the Galileo. Perfecto! Recall the darkened dining room with many Baked Alaskas lit on fire with sparklers and paraded gingerly by staff. (There was also a popular Kung Fu video game that had a long line to play) Good times. Thanks for the memories.
thankyou i was a child on the galileo 50 years plus ago....great memories.......
Thanks I Have been on board the beautiful sisters ship for about eight years and also for me great memories
Hey!!..what memories!
I came to Australia on board of Guglielmo Marconi in 1967 from Piraeus to Sydney.
We had to take the long way around Africa as the Israelis and Arabs decided to have a 'party' near the Suez canal.
In 1974 I took a return trip to Europe, again on the Marconi and returned from Genoa on the Galileo.
The trip to Europe took us from Sydney to Aucland and then, Suva, Tahiti, Acapulco, the Panama canal, Curacao island, Lisbon, Malaga, Malta, Messina and Piraeus! Fantastic!
Wonderful ships, great crews and lot's of Italian hospitality and fun, including dancing the Tarantella on one of the decks!
I still remember the Italian announcements when the ship got to a port:
"...attenzione, attenzione prego!...Tutti signorie passengeri .... etc. etc. "
Many thanks Signore Pallino for this wonderful return to the past!
O come to Perth Australia with Guillermo Marconi in 1968
travelled on the Galileo from Fremantle to Genoa in 75. Lovely ship.
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HO FATTO 2 BELLISSIME E INDIMENTICABILI CROCERE DA BAMBINO GENOVA MELBOURNE CON LÀ GALILEO E POI DOPO 2 ANNI IL RITORNO MALBURNE GENOVA CON LÀ MARCONI, CON L'EQUIPAGGIO TUTTO ITALIANO, ERAVAMO COME UNA FAMIGLIA!!!!!!.
Thanks so much I came to Australia with Marconi and travelled back to Italy and back to Australia with Galileo
Thanks Also For You
Thank you pinco pallino! I travelled on the Galileo from Fremantle on a world cruise destined for Italy in 1972. Many memories...
viaggiato con la guglielmo marconi in giugno del 1977 da rio de janeiro a genova! :-)
Anch'io sono un vecchio Lloydiano,che emozione rivedere queste belle immagini.Purtroppo il Lloyd triestino non esiste più. Grazie.
I sailed with her in October 1969 from Adelaide to Genova, awesome memories
We sailed via Panama and it took 6 weeks
Che tristezza che non c'è più 😢
In October 1972, gran and grandad voyaged to Australia aboard Galileo and returned on Arcadia, they had an absolute ball!!
Wonderful video! My first of dozens of cruises was in 1986 was on Costa Riviera (G.Marconi).
Travelled on the Galileo Galilei in 1975 from Genova to Auckland. Still have the ships newspaper, menu etc. but unfortunately lost all contact with fellow passengers.
I travelled from Sydney to Naples with my grandfather in 1977 on the Galileo Galilei. I was 11 and it was the Galileo's last voyage from Australia to Europe. I never knew it then, but this trip has turned out to be the most beautiful memory of my life. Thank you for posting as all my photographs were destroyed in the Sydney 1984 floods. I wonder where Maria (she was a passenger and ended up being the Italian Newsreader on the ship's TV channel) Vince, Fredo and Antonio are today. Sorry we had an argument Bernard.
Che meraviglia la nave Guglielmo Marconi galileo galilei andando verso l'Australia a Melbourne che meraviglia
Un saluto da chi a lavorato su quella nave calderone garzone in prima
Grazie io ero piccolo di camera primo imbarco sul Galileo nel 66'
pinco pallino ma tu sei quello nelle foto vestito da cameriere?
Si Sono io
pinco pallino e non ti ricordi di me calderone . Pagliarani .fichera. Ecc. Ecc.belli tempi ma dalle foto non mi ricordo di quasi nessuno a parte te ciao pinco pallino stammi bene
Ciao si di Pagliarani mi ricordo e pure di Fichera ,magari se potessi vedere la tua foto potrei ricordarmi pure di te,gli anni purtroppo passano e pure la memoria non è piu' come una volta comunque se eventualmente sei su facebook fammelo sapere,ciao e stammi bene pure te,
COSÌ HO ATRAVERSATO LEQUATORE BEN 4 VOLTE, ALL'ANDATA UNA VOLTA E AL RITORNO 3 VOLTE XCHE IL CANALE DI SUEZ ERA QIUSO CAUSA UNA GUERRA!!!!!!!!.
IL RITORNO ERA IL 1967!!!!!!!.