In 1930,
Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino based at
Trieste merged with another Italian company, the
Cantiere Navale Triestino of
Monfalcone, forming the ''Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico
(CRDA). The new company built a number of light and heavy cruisers for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) between the wars, as well as some 27 submarines. It also built, in 1932, the ocean liner Conte di Savoia'', the first major liner fitted with
gyroscopic stabilizers. During World War II, CRDA Trieste built two battleships for the
Regia Marina,
Vittorio Veneto and
Roma. CRDA survived the postwar shakeup in the shipbuilding industry and went on to build several more commercial liners in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as a few naval vessels. In 1984, CRDA was sold to the
Fincantieri Group. For the
Olympic regattas of 1960 the firm produced 55
Finn sailboats for the single-handed event in the
Gulf of Naples. ==Ships built==