savarona

Jirgin ruwan Savarona shine mafi girman jirgin ruwan da ba na sarauta ba. Tsawonta gabaɗaya shine 446′ (136m),

katakonta 52.6' (16m), daftarin ta 20' (6.1m) kuma iyakar saurinta shine kullin 18, saurin tafiya 16 knots. Kayayyakin kayan marmarinta guda 17, ban da babban babban suite, matsakaicin murabba'in murabba'in 538 (50m²) a cikin yanki.

Misis Emily Roebling Cadwallader, jikanyar John Roebling, injiniyan da ya gina gadar Brooklyn ce ta ba da umarni Savarona. Misis Cadwallader ta sa aka gina Savarona akan dala miliyan 4 a tashar jiragen ruwa na Blohm da Voss a Hamburg a shekara ta 1931.

Jirgin na Savarona ya bi ta tekun Atlantika, Bahar Rum, da kuma ruwan Afirka ta Kudu, amma Misis Cadwallader ta kasa kai ta Amurka saboda yiwuwar kwacewa daga shigo da kayayyaki. Ta yanke shawarar sayar da jirgin ruwa, kuma a cikin 1938, gwamnatin Turkiyya ta sayi jirgin ruwa na Savarona.
Jerin abubuwan da ke haifar da wannan siyan yana da ban sha'awa. A shekarar 1936, Sarki Edward na VII ya ziyarci Istanbul, kuma shi ne bakon Mustafa Kemal Ataturk a cikin jirgin ruwa na kasa na lokacin, wato Ertuğul. Sot da ke cikin mazuramar ya lalata fararen hular Mai Martaba, har Atatürk ya aika da jirgin Ertuğul don a soke shi tare da ba da umarnin a nemo wani sabon jirgin ruwa na shugaban kasa. An kafa tutar Turkiyya a kan Savarona da ke Southampton a watan Maris na shekara ta 1938.

Jirgin ruwan ya isa Istanbul ne bayan watanni biyu, bayan wani ɗan gyare-gyare na ɗan gajeren lokaci, wanda a lokacin Atatürk ya yi fama da rashin lafiya. A cikin makonni shida da ya shafe a Savarona, an gudanar da tarukan majalisar ministoci a cikin jirgin, kuma manyan baki sun hada da Sarki Carol na Rumania da sauran shugabannin kasashe. Atatürk ya rasu a ranar 10 ga Nuwamba, 1938 a Dolmabahçe Palaca.

Jirgin na Savarona bai sake tafiya ba sai bayan yakin duniya na biyu, lokacin da sojojin ruwan Turkiyya suka fara amfani da ita a matsayin jirgin horo. A shekara ta 1989 aka yanke shawarar soke ta, duk da haka, Mista Kahraman Sadikoglu ya samu zaman kashe wando na mintina karshe, ya yi hayar jirgin ruwa na tsawon shekaru 49, kuma ya fara aiki mai wahala na gyara Savarona fiye da daukakarta. Kusan shekaru uku mutane 425 sun yi aiki don gyara jirgin ruwan, wanda Donald Starkey ya tsara cikinsa. A yau, Savarona yana sake tafiya a cikin ruwa na duniya, yana kawo kwarewa na ladabi da jin dadi ga waɗanda suke da gata kamar su fasinjoji.