"ADRIATICA" DI NAVIGAZIONE S.P.A.

The A312 funnel was used until 1938–39. A black-and-white photograph of Nurenta confirms it, except that the black top seems absent or very narrow and the bands may be narrower than in the illustrations. Harnack’s fleet text describes the black top as another band, apparently of equal width, although his colour illustrations omit it. The FOTW flag portrayal is unusually long.

Starboard photographs of Egitto Express in July 2002 and Palladio in 1989 confirm A33. Egitto Express appears to have a more orange funnel base and a greyish-bronze emblem; Palladio looks darker buff, with hints of dark yellow and a slightly lighter emblem. Jordan specifies bronze for the emblem. The lion faces forward in both photographs, presumably giving a mirror-image arrangement.

Sources vary in the widths of the funnel bands and tops. For A34 the winged emblem is white, yellow or orange and varies in design, differences Rosanoski considers mostly likely due to printing restrictions. A35 also varies in band and top widths, with the emblem shown in dark green or yellow.

Loughran’s lion supports a shield with its front right paw rather than a book. Rosanoski considers this incorrect for the patron of Venice, the company’s home port.