A ship is taking one to somewhere in Italy (6)
I believe the answer is:
assisi
'somewhere in italy' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'a ship is taking one' is the wordplay.
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'taking' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'a'+'ss'+'is'+'i'='ASSISI'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for assisi that I've seen before include "Home town of St Francis" , "town, in Italy" , "Italian town, birthplace of St Francis" , "saint from here" , "Italian town associated with St Francis" .)