Costa Concordia

Costa Concordia

Costa Concordia in January 2008
History
Italy
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 (2005-09-02)
Christened	7 July 2006[1]
Acquired	29 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 number: 247158500
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 [2]
Class and type	Concordia-class cruise ship
Tonnage	114,147 GT
Length	290.20 m (952 ft 1 in) (overall) 247.4 m (811 ft 8 in) (between perpendiculars)
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
Installed power	6 × Wärtsilä 12V46C 76,640 kW (102,780 hp) (combined)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; two shafts Alstom propulsion motors (2 × 21 MW) Two fixed-pitch propellers
Speed	19.6 knots (36 km/h; 23 mph) (service) 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) (maximum)
Capacity	3,780 passengers
Crew	1,100

Costa Concordia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkɔsta konˈkɔrdja]) was a cruise ship operated by Costa Crociere. She was the first of her class, followed by her 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.

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 53 m (174 ft) gash on the port side of her hull, which soon flooded parts of the engine room, cutting off power from the engines and ship services. As water flooded in, the ship listed as 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.