Costa Concordia
Costa Concordia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkɔsta konˈkɔrdja]) was a cruise ship operated by Costa Crociere. She was the first of her class, followed by sister ships Costa Serena, Costa Pacifica, Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa, and Carnival Splendor built for Carnival Cruise Line. When the 114,137-ton Costa Concordia and her sister ships 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 in January 2008 | |
| History | |
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| Name | Costa Concordia |
| Owner | Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator | Costa Crociere |
| 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) |
| Yard number | 6122 |
| Way number | 543 |
| Launched | 2 September 2005 |
| Christened | 7 July 2006 |
| Acquired | 29 June 2006 |
| Maiden voyage | 14 July 2006 |
| In service | July 2006 |
| Out of service | 13 January 2012 |
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| Fate | Capsized and partially sank in 2012 off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany. Salvaged in 2014 and subsequently scrapped in Genoa, Italy in 2017. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Concordia-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 114,147 GT |
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| 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 | 13 |
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| Capacity | 3,780 passengers |
| Crew | 1,100 |
On 13 January 2012 at 21:45, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. This tore open a 50 m (160 ft) gash on the port side of her hull, which soon flooded parts of the engine room, cutting power from the engines and ship services. As water flooded in and the ship listed, she drifted back towards the island and grounded near shore, then rolled onto her starboard side, lying in an unsteady position on a rocky underwater ledge.
The evacuation of Costa Concordia took over six hours, and of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 32 died. Francesco Schettino, the ship's captain at that time, was tried and found guilty of manslaughter, causing a maritime accident, and abandoning his ship. He was sentenced to sixteen years in prison in 2015. The wreck was salvaged three years after the incident and then towed to the port of Genoa, where she was scrapped.