Mechi Canovi
Administrator of the Barco Principessa Mafalda group
She helps spread the word about this project and find the families of Principessa Mafalda passengers in Argentina.
Facebook groupCentenary of the shipwreck · 1927 – 2027
Sponsors
This work grew out of nine years of independent research. To reach the centenary of the shipwreck as a book and as public memory, it relies on people who believe this story needs to be told.
Partners
People who carry this story forward and open the way to the passengers’ families.
Be the first
A story from 1927, told through documents, in its centenary year.
On 25 October 2027 it will be a hundred years since the Principessa Mafalda sank off the coast of Bahia with 1,259 people on board.
Companies, institutions and individuals can sponsor or support the project. Supporters’ names and logos appear on this page and, where appropriate, in the book.
I want to help- 01
Publishing the book
Editing, proofreading, design and printing of Terceira Classe for the centenary of the shipwreck on 25 October 2027.
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High-resolution documents
Digitising at print quality the family photographs and papers in Brazil and the Veneto that today exist only as phone snapshots.
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The memory of the 314
Keeping the memorial with the victims’ names open and free, and gathering the stories of other families descended from passengers.
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The portal
Hosting, maintenance and the Italian and English versions, for descendants in Italy and Argentina.
The archives
The documents behind this work come from public archives in Brazil and Italy. They are not sponsors, and are credited separately.
See the archives