Ship Description

Costa Concordia

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MS Costa Concordia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkɔsta koŋˈkɔrdia]) is a Concordia class cruise ship owned and operated by Costa Cruises, a subsidiary of American-British Carnival Corporation & Plc. She was built at Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente yards in Italy. The name Concordia was intended to express the wish for "continuing harmony, unity, and peace between European nations".

Costa Concordia was the first of the Concordia class cruise ships, followed by sister ships Costa Serena, Costa Pacifica, Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa, and Carnival Splendor built for Carnival Cruise Lines. When the 114,137 GT Costa Concordia and her sisters entered service, they were among the largest ships built in Italy until the construction of the 130,000 GT Dream class cruise ships.

Costa Concordia

Career

Name: Costa Concordia

Owner: Carnival Corporation & plc

Operator: Costa Cruises

Port of registry: Genoa, Italy

Route: Western Mediterranean

Ordered: 19 January 2004

Builder: Fincantieri Sestri Ponente, Italy

Cost: €450 million (£372 million, US$570 million)[1]

Yard number: 6122

Launched: 2 September 2005

Christened: 7 July 2006[2]

Acquired: 30 June 2006

Maiden voyage: 14 July 2006

In service: July 2006

Out of service: 13 January 2012

Identification:

Call sign: IBHD

IMO number: 9320544

MMSI no.: 247158500

Status: Capsized off Isola del Giglio, Italy

General characteristics 

Class and type: Concordia class cruise ship

Tonnage: 114,137 GT

Length: LOA 290.20 m (952 ft 1 in)

LBP 247.4 m (811 ft 8 in)

Beam: 35.50 m (116 ft 6 in)

Draught: 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in)

Depth: 14.18 m (46 ft 6 in)

Decks: 17

Installed power: 6 × Wärtsilä diesel engines, 75,600 kilowatts (101,400 hp)

Propulsion: Diesel-electric; two shafts (2 × 21 MW)

Two fixed pitch propellers

Speed: service: 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph)

maximum: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)

Capacity: 3780 passengers

Crew: 1,100

Engineering Plant, just forward of the Stack