History | |
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Name | Costa Diadema |
Owner | Carnival Corporation & plc |
Operator | Costa Crociere |
Port of registry | Italy, Genoa |
Route | Mediterranean, Persian Gulf |
Ordered | 2012 |
Builder | Fincantieri |
Cost | US$739 million |
Launched | 15 November 2013[1] |
Christened | 7 November 2014 |
Completed | 25 October 2014 |
Acquired | 30 October 2014 |
Maiden voyage | 1 November 2014 |
In service | 8 November 2014 |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Dream-class cruise ship |
Tonnage | 132,500 GT |
Length | 306 m (1,003 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 37.20 m (122 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 8.35 m (27 ft 5 in) |
Installed power | |
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Capacity |
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Crew | 1,253 |
Costa Diadema is a Dream-class cruise ship owned by Carnival Corporation and operated by Costa Crociere. The ship was ordered in October 2012 and was delivered to Costa on 25 October 2014.[3] At her time of delivery, Costa Diadema was the largest vessel to fly an Italian flag and was Costa's largest vessel at the time; she is formerly Costa Crociere's flagship being replaced by the Costa Toscana.[4]