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1969 FAQ
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About the launch March 10th 1966 in Geneva and
crossing the Atlantic
Renzo has good memories from 1966
"You must remember that exactly this year and this month it is the 50th anniversary of the presentation of Duetto at Genéve Show and the same year that the first Duetto cars arrived in N.Y harbor aboard the T/N Raffaello. Giovanni Belfiore was 2nd Deck Officer on T7n Raffaello
1966
The
launch in Geneva 1966 March 10 One
of the three Duettos being loaded on board the MS Raffaello in Genova 1966.
Thanks to Renzo. The
red Duetto on deck crossing the Atlantic The white Duetto
T/n Raffaello passing Camogli spring 1966 with the Duettos
on board.
Article from 1969
Thanks to Renzo
Some more photos from the launch in the US.
From 1973 I worked in the Italia di Navigazione (Italian Line Company) and I knew e few sailors and Officers who where on the Raffaello when they brought three Duettos to N.Y. from Genoa in 1966.
Giovanni Belfiore (that you see in the photo) is one of them and in that voyage he was 2nd Deck Officer. Now he is not with us anymore, but many times I met him he always remembered those fantastic moments when the AR514 (Pininfarina Red) Duetto was on the promenade
deck. The other two Duetto vehicles were one white and one green (to form the Italian flag).
I think that the white vehicle was placed in the Salone delle Feste.
You can't believe how many times I dreamed about crossing the Atlantic Ocean on board of the T/n Raffaello in that spring of 1966 year!!!!!
In the last picture you can see T/n Raffaello in his last voyage from Italy to Iran, in front of Camogli, it was winter 1977 when we sold the ship to the Shah of Iran.
Un abbraccio, Renzo"
The Raffaele from Genua 
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