Costa Marina
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MS Regent Sun (1986) MS Italia (1987) MS Costa Marina (1988-2011) MS Harmony Princess (2011-present) [1] |
| Owner: | Carnival Corporation & plc (1988-2011) Polaris Shipping (2011-present) |
| Operator: | Costa Cruises (1988-2011) Harmony Cruise (2012) |
| Port of registry: |  Italy, Genoa (1988-2011) |
| Builder: | STX Finland Cruise Oy Turku, Finland |
| Yard number: | 1169 |
| Acquired: | 1969 |
| Homeport: | Genoa, Italy |
| Identification: | Call sign: IBNC IMO number: 6910544 MMSI no.: 247818000 |
| Status: | Set to reenter service as Harmony Princess in January 2012.[2] |
| Notes: | [3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 25,500 GT 10,834 NT 6,121 DWT |
| Length: | 571.8 ft (174.3 m) |
| Beam: | 84.6 ft (25.8 m) |
| Draught: | 0.01 m (0.39 in) |
| Decks: | 9 |
| Speed: | 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) |
| Capacity: | 760 passengers |
| Crew: | 389 |
| Notes: | [3] |
MS Costa Marina is a cruise ship owned and operated by the Italy-based Costa Cruises. She was built in 1969 by the Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard in Turku, Finland as the container ship MS Axel Johnson for the Sweden-based Rederi AB Nordstjernan. In 1986 she was sold to Regency Cruises with the intention of being converted into a cruise ship under the name MS Regent Sun, but she was laid up instead. In 1987 she was sold to and renamed MS Italia but continued laid up. In 1988 the ship was acquired by Costa Cruises, renamed Costa Marina and rebuilt into a cruise ship at the T. Mariotti shipyard in Genoa, Italy. She entered service as the Costa Marina in 1990.[4][5] After a refurbishment[citation needed] in 2002, she was marketed more towards German passengers.[4] She is designed to blend together the outdoors with elegant Italian art.[citation needed]
The Costa Marina will leave the fleet in November 2011 and Iberocruceros' Grand Voyager will assume her position in Red Sea cruises and is going to sail for Korea’s Harmony Cruise with the name Club Harmony.[6] On August 3, 2011 an article was released stated of a new ship to be built for Costa and the ship will be the replacement once Costa's older ships have been sold starting with the Costa Marina.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/6466-koreas-harmony-cruise-set-for-launch.html
- ^ http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/6466-koreas-harmony-cruise-set-for-launch.html
- ^ a b "Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel Costa Marina". VesselTracker. 2011. http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Costa-Marina-6910544.html. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ a b Asklander, Micke. "M/S Axel Johnson (1969)" (in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg. http://www.faktaomfartyg.nu/axel_johnson_1969.htm. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ Piet Sinke (1 November 2002). "Passengerships Cruising in the Mediterranean". PSi-Daily Shipping News. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060613224212/http://www.ibiblio.org/maritime/Scheepvaartnieuws/Pdf/scheepvaartnieuws/2002/specialeedities/cruise-1.PDF. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ Staff writers (Thursday, 14 July 2011). "Costa Marina Leaves Fleet". Cruise Industry News. http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/5862-costa-marina-leaves-fleet.html. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "Carnival Corporation & plc Orders New Ships for Its Costa Cruises and AIDA Cruises Brands" (Press release). Carnival Corporation & plc. 3 August 2011. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/carnival-corporation--plc-orders-new-ships-for-its-costa-cruises-and-aida-cruises-brands-126651498.html. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
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