Conte Biancamano was an Italian liner launched in 1925. The name was chosen in honor of Humbert I Biancamano, founder of the Savoy. She was built in the Scottish

Scotland

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 shipyards named William Beardmore & Co. in Dalmuir around Glasgow

Glasgow

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. She was built for the Genovese

Genovese

Genovese is an Italian surname meaning, properly, someone from Genoa, but more often , a clever person, a generalization particularly in Southern Italy of people from Genoa....

 shipping company named Lloyd Sabaudo

Lloyd Sabaudo

The Lloyd Sabaudo was formed in Turin in 1906 and began passenger service in 1907, expanding to link Italy to ports in Asia as well as North and South America. In 1932 it merged with several other Italian shipping lines to form the Italian Line.-References:...

. Lloyd Sabaudo also had ordered the new two more even ships, the Conte Rosso

SS Conte Rosso

SS Conte Rosso was an Italian ocean liner active in the early 20th century.Named after Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy, the so-called "Red Count", the Conte Rosso was noted for her lavish Italian interior decoration. Because much of its sailing would be in warmer waters, the designers included an...

 and Conte Verde

SS Conte Verde

SS Conte Verde was an Italian Lloyd Sabaudo Line ocean liner active in the early 20th century.It was built in 1923 and had a GRT of 18.765. She originally provided transatlantic passenger transport between Genoa and New York City. After acquisition by Italian Line in 1932, she became a part of...

 which was the SS Conte Biancamano's sister ship.