Royal Italian yacht Trinacria was to start commerce cruise according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 9 dated 5 March 1921

An item reported that the royal Italian yacht Trinacria was to leave Naples on 5 May 1921 visiting Malta, Rodi, Alexandria, Bengasis, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, Casablanca. Lisbon, Barcelona, Marseilles and Genoa during around 75 days to act as a floating fair. It was supposed to be the first Italian ‘Commerce Cruise”.(1)

Note

1. Launched by 1884 JG Thomson & Co., Clydebank with yard number 195 as the passenger-cargo screw steamship America on 29 December 1883, sold in sold to Italian Navy in January 1887 and became the auxiliary cruiser Trinacria in 1887, later transport and finally the Royal Yacht and sold in August 1925 to be broken up. Tonnage 5,528 tons and as dimensions 134.7 x 15.6 metres.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England for the week ending 5-3-1921, CAB-24-120-8