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History [1826/1900] [1900/1960] [1960/2000]

25 February of 1961 takes to service to center of Como lago the ferryboat Spluga.
The 4 August of 1964 arrives from Venice the first hydrofoil, the 15 of the same month enter in service on the Como-Bellagio-Menaggio draft, it will come launched with the name of Freccia del Lario, it will be followed 5 years after from according to hydrofoil Freccia delle Azalee.

In 1970 the motor-ship Alessandro Volta completely restructured re-enters in service, therefore like in 1973 the steamboat Patria, after it takes care of studies and it refines to you inner jobs to you comes replaced in water.

Between 1974 and the 1976 arrive others two hydrofoils, Freccia delle Betulle and Freccia delle Gardenie, but Arrow must wait for 1980 in order to see on waters of Lake Como the great hydrofoil from 200 places Freccia delle Valli. In the course of the eighty years the fleet on the lake of Como and completely renewed thanks to the untiring job of the Ing. Pietro Santini.

10 March of 1990 comes launched the catamaran Stendhal to assist to launches city council member Roberto Biscardini, and the director of Navigation Pietro Santini with the historian of the Italian transports the prof. Francesco Ogliari .

The fleet on the Lake Como, today composed from 1 steamboat of epoch the Concordia; 10 motonavis, among which the Milan, the series Promised Bridegrooms, the series Flowers and Time; 5 motorboats of the series Birds.

The ferries are 6 the Plinio, Lario, Adda and the serious Stelvio; 3 hydroplanes of the serious RHS150 and the hydroplane Arrow of the Geraniums. They close the fleet the 3 new catamarans of the series City of Como.