.jpg) Costa Diadema docked at Kiel
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| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Speed | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) max |
| 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]
- ^ "Costa Cruises' Future Flagship 'Costa Diadema' Launched (Italy)". Offshore Energy. 18 November 2013. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Costa Diadema". Fincantieri. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ Bond, Mary (25 October 2014). "Costa takes delivery of Costa Diadema at Fincantieri's Marghera yard". Seatrade Cruise News. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ Zabala, Fred (24 January 2015). "Costa Diadema: Costa Cruises' New Flagship". Kemplon Engineering. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.