![]() ![]() ![]() This tore a 50 m gash on the port side of her hull, which soon flooded parts of the engine room resulting in power loss to her propulsion and electrical systems. On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 p.m., in calm seas and overcast weather, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio, on the western coast of Italy about 100 km northwest of Rome. When the 114,137 GT Costa Concordia and its 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. Her design service speed was 19.6 knots, but during sea trials, she achieved a speed of 23 knots.Ĭosta Concordia was the first of the Concordia-class cruise ships, followed by similar ships Costa Serena, Costa Pacifica, Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa, and Carnival Splendor built for Carnival Cruise Lines. The ship was propelled by two 21-megawatt electric motors coupled to fixed-pitch propellers. These main generators provided power for all shipboard consumers from propulsion motors to hotel functions like lighting and air conditioning. It had a diesel-electric power plant consisting of six 12-cylinder Wärtsilä 12V46C four-stroke medium-speed diesel generating sets with a combined output of 76.6 MW. She cost €450 million to build.Ĭosta Concordia was 290.20 metres long, had a beam of 35.50 m and drew 8.20 m of water. The ship was delivered to Costa on 30 June 2006. At the vessel's launch at Sestri Ponente on 2 September 2005, the champagne bottle, released by model Eva Herzigová, failed to break when swung against the hull the first time, an inauspicious omen in maritime superstition. The name Concordia was intended to express the wish for "continuing harmony, unity, and peace between European nations."Ĭosta Concordia was ordered in 2004 by Carnival Corporation from Fincantieri and built in the Sestri Ponente yard in Genoa, as yard number 6122. It was declared a total loss and later towed to the port of Genoa where it will be scrapped. It was wrecked off the coast of Isola del Giglio in Italy on 13 January 2012. Costa Concordia was a Concordia-class cruise ship built in 2004 by the Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente yards in Italy and operated from 2005 until 2012 by Costa Crociere (a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation).
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