14+ Dante Alighieri Ship Front Pictures. Dante was born in 1156, and he had a difficult childhood. In 1927, she was sold to japanese firm nippon yusen kaisha and renamed asahi maru.
During world war i she was employed as a troopship carrying united states troops to france as part of the cruiser and transport force. Ss dante alighieri was an italian ocean liner for transatlantica italiana. The ship served as a flagship during world war i, but saw very little action.
Dante thus grew up amidst the triumphs of the florentine democracy, in which he took some share fighting in the front rank of the guelph cavalry at the battle.
She stayed in service until 1928 when she got scrapped. For the ship, see italian battleship dante alighieri. His greatest work, the epic poem the divine comedy, is considered the greatest literary statement produced in medieval europe. Purgatory by dante alighieri paperback $16.00.