Service History
Information about the Sabaudia's war-time service is conflicting. She was converted to a troopship, but no information is available about her capacity in that function. Most sources claim that she was used as a troopship by the Regia Marina without specifying the campaigns she participated in, while others state she was simply laid up at Trieste after conversion.
On 8 September 1943 Italy signed an armistice with the Allies, resulting in the occupation of Italy by the German Wehrmacht. The Germans took over the Sabaudia on 9 September. Again it is unknown what the ship's exact duties were—she was either used as a troopship or laid up at Trieste as housing ship for German troops.
The Sabaudia was hit during an Allied air raid on Trieste on 6 July 1944 and caught fire. She capsized and sunk the following day, although some sources claim she was purposefully scuttled by German forces. The Sabaudia's wreck was raised and subsequently scrapped.
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