S.S. Rex

SS Rex was an Italian ocean liner launched in 1931. She held the westbound Blue Riband between 1933 and 1935. Rex operated transatlantic crossings from Italy with its successive mate, Conte di Savoia. On 8 September 1944, off Koper, Rex was hit by cannon fire and 123 rockets launched by Royal Air Force aircraft, caught fire from stem to stern. She rolled onto the port side, burned for four days, and sank in superficial water. The ship was broken up at the site beginning in 1950.