Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando
| Industry | Shipbuilding |
|---|---|
| Fate | sold |
| Successor | Azimut-Benetti |
| Founded | 1866 |
| Defunct | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Livorno, Italy |
Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando (Orlando Brothers Shipyard) is an historical Italian shipyard in Livorno.
It was founded by Luigi Orlando and his brothers Giuseppe, Paolo and Salvatore who moved to Livorno from Genoa where in 1858 they had the management of Ansaldo which produced marine machines and cannons, in 1861 they directed the factory to the construction of ships.
Luigi Orlando on August 31, 1865 signed a thirty years concession for the buildings and the area of the former Lazzaretto di San Rocco (Saint Roch lazaret) which was transformed in an arsenal by Tommaso Mati in 1852. The shipyard entered into works the following year and on July 29, 1867 was launched the first ship, the ironclad Conte Verde for the Regia Marina. The shipyard developed and built the gunboats Alfredo Cappellini (1868) and Faa di Bruno (1869) for the Regia Marina and on March 17, 1883 the most difficult launch was that of the ironclad Lepanto, on project by Benedetto Brin, because of the inadequacy of the dock. The Lepanto was entirely built by the shipyard in each part including the machineries and the armament. It was then decided to build the new Scalo Morosini (Morosini slipway) toward the entrance of the harbour in open sea to ease the launch of greater ships. The shipyard had 1,140 workers employed in 1886 and other 600 workers were occupied by Metallurgica Italiana founded by the Orlando Brothers and connected to the shipbuilding.
Luigi Orlando died on June 14, 1896 and the new management had to face a decrease in the production due to the markets. In 1904 the shipyard merged into the group Società degli Alti Forni, Fonderie e Acciaierie di Terni changing the denomination in “Cantiere Navale Fratelli Orlando & C.”. Until the World war I only few ships were built for the Regia Marina among these the armored cruiser Varese (1899) and the Pisa (1907); the most part of the naval production was for the foreigner Navy as the Argentinean General Belgrano (1896) and the armored cruiser Georgios Averof of the Royal Hellenic Navy built in 1911. Following the failure of the Cantieri Gallinari (Gallinari yard) the Orlando shipyard acquired the structures and the machineries enclosed the motor yacht Makook III for the Khedive of Egypt which was modified respect to the Gallinari project. During World war I the shipyard built submarines, cruisers, destroyers and torpedo armed motorboat and in 1925 the name was transformed in “Cantieri Navali Orlando Società Anonima”. With the advent of the Fascism the government launched a plan to develop and renew the fleet ordering to the shipyard the construction of the heavy cruiser Trento launched on October 4, 1927; the cruiser Veinticinco de Mayo was built in 1929 for the Argentine Navy.
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