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|Ship status= Partially capsized off [[Isola del Giglio]], Italy
|Ship status= Partially [[capsize]]d off [[Isola del Giglio]], Italy
|Ship notes=<ref name="Fincantieri">{{cite press release | author= | title=Costa Crociere Orders A New Ship From Fincantieri With An Investment Of Around 450 Million Euros | url=http://www.fincantieri.it/cms/data/browse/news/000161.aspx | publisher=Fincantieri | date=19 January 2004 | accessdate=2 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="Costa">{{cite web | author= | title=Company Profile | url=http://www.costacruisesasia.com/B2C/PAO/Corporate/The+company/aboutourselves/aboutourselves.htm | publisher=Costa Cruises | date=2011 | accessdate=2 September 2011}}</ref>
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Costa Concordia
History
NameCosta Concordia
OwnerCarnival Corporation & plc
OperatorCosta Cruises
Port of registryItaly Genoa, Italy
Ordered19 January 2004
BuilderFincantieri Sestri Ponente, Italy
Cost€450 million
Yard number6122
Launched2 September 2005
Christened7 July 2006[1]
Acquired30 June 2006
In serviceJuly 2006
Out of service13 January 2012
Identificationlist error: <br /> list (help)
Call sign: IBHD
IMO number: 9320544
MMSI no.: 247158500
StatusPartially capsized off Isola del Giglio, Italy
Notes[2][3]
General characteristics
Class and typeConcordia class cruise ship
Tonnage114,500 GT
Length290.20 m (952 ft 1 in)
Beam35.50 m (116 ft 6 in)
Draught8.50 m (27 ft 11 in)
Installed power6 × Wärtsilä diesel engines, 75,600 kilowatts (101,400 hp)
Speedlist error: <br /> list (help)
service: 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph)
maximum: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Capacity3,700 passengers
Crew1,100
Notes[3][4]

Costa Concordia is a Concordia-class cruise ship owned and operated by Costa Cruises. She was built at Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente yards in Italy. The name Concordia was intended to express the wish for continuing harmony, unity and peace between European nations.

She is the first ship in the Concordia class, with sisters Costa Serena, Costa Pacifica, Costa Favolosa, Costa Fascinosa and Carnival Splendor built for Carnival Cruise Lines. Costa Concordia entered service in July 2006 and was the largest ship to be built in Italy, at 114,500 tons.

The ship garnered international attention in January 2012 when she ran aground off Isola del Giglio, Italy, resulting in the evacuation of over 4,000 people on board. At least 3 passengers died, 14 others were injured, and 41 are still unaccounted for.[5][6] The fate of the ship has not been determined.[7]

Concept and construction

The then unnamed Costa Concordia was ordered on 19 January 2004 in Fincantieri and built in the Sestri Ponente yard in Genoa,[2] as yard number 6122.[8] Costa Concordia was launched at Sestri Ponente in 2 September 2005.[9] At the time of her construction, she was the largest Italian cruise ship ever built. She was delivered to Costa on June 30, 2006.[10]

Description

Costa Concordia is 290.20 metres (952 ft 1 in) long, with a beam of 35.50 metres (116 ft 6 in) and a draught of 8.20 metres (26 ft 11 in). She is propelled by six Wärtsilä diesel engines of 75,600 kilowatts (101,400 hp), which can propel her at 19.6 knots (36.3 km/h).[8]

Amenities

Costa Concordia has 1,500 staterooms; 505 have private balconies and 55 have direct access to Samsara Spa; 58 suites have private balconies and 12 have direct access to the spa. Costa Concordia has one of the world's largest wellness centers at sea, the Samsara Spa, a two-level, 6,000 m (20,000 ft) wellness area, with gym, a thalassotherapy pool, sauna, Turkish bath and a solarium.[3] The ship also has four swimming pools, two with retractable covers, five spas and a poolside screen on the pool deck.[3]

There are five onboard restaurants, with Club Concordia and Samsara taking reservations-only dining. There are thirteen bars, including a cigar and cognac bar and a coffee and chocolate bar.

Entertainment options include a three-level theater, casino and a discotheque. There is also a children's area equipped with PlayStation products. There is also the Grand Prix motor racing simulator and an Internet café.[11]

Incidents and accidents

November 2008 collision with dockside

On 22 November 2008, the Costa Concordia suffered damage to her bow when high winds over the Sicilian city of Palermo pushed the ship alongside its dock. There were no injuries.[12][13]

January 2012 grounding

Costa Concordia, showing the rock embedded in the damaged hull.

On Friday 13 January 2012, the Costa Concordia ran aground on a reef at around 21:00 local time (UTC+1) off Isola del Giglio, having left Civitavecchia earlier that evening at the beginning of a seven-day cruise starting in Savona and visiting Marseille, Barcelona, Palma, Tunis, and Palermo.

It was reported that at about 20:00, passengers were in the dining hall when there was a sudden, loud bang, which a crew member (speaking over the intercom) ascribed to an "electrical failure". "We told the guests everything was ok and under control and we tried to stop them panicking," cabin steward Deodato Ordona recalled. It was about an hour before a general emergency was announced, he said. "The boat started shaking. The noise - there was panic, like in a film, dishes crashing to the floor, people running, people falling down the stairs," said survivor Fulvio Rocci. Those on board said the boat suddenly tilted to the port side.[14] Passengers were later advised to put on their life-jackets.[15] The ship later developed a list of approximately 20° to starboard, the change creating problems in launching the lifeboats. Some passengers jumped into the water to swim to shore, while others, ready to evacuate the vessel, were delayed by crew members up to 45 minutes, as they resisted immediately lowering the lifeboats.[16] Three people reportedly drowned after jumping overboard, and another seven were critically injured.[17] According to the local coastguard, 3,206 passengers and 1,023 crew members were on board at the time.[18]

Location of the grounding off Isola del Giglio.
42°21′53″N 10°55′16″E / 42.36486°N 10.92124°E / 42.36486; 10.92124

Julian Bray, travel broadcaster and writer, reported: "Twelve hours later, a dozen passengers remain unaccounted for and many lifeboats (capacity 150 each) were not deployed due to the initial list and the subsequent rolling over of the vessel onto her side. Others were safely evacuated and taken to shelter on the island. The crew remained aboard and the shipping line initially insisted there was no danger of sinking."[19] The first daylight pictures showed the ship lying on her starboard side and half submerged, not far outside Giglio Harbour.[20] Other reports indicated the ship had developed a major electrical fault.[21]

According to the local coast guard, the ship has a 50-metre (160 ft) gash on its port side.[18] The Daily Mail showed images of the large gash, with a large rock embedded in the ship's hull.[21] At about 12:15 GMT the Associated Press stated that up to 50–70 people were still missing. Costa has indicated the actual number may be considerably less, as the company is researching which passengers and crew members were definitively on board at the time of the grounding. At least three people died (two French tourists and a Peruvian crew member),[22] 14 others were injured, and 41 are still unaccounted for.[5][6]

Wrecked aground at about an 80° list

At 17:48 UTC La Repubblica reported that the captain had stated that they were 300 metres (330 yd) from the rocks (i.e., about the length of the vessel) and that they hit a rock that was not marked on nautical charts. This reef was about 800 metres (870 yd) south of the entrance to the harbour of Giglio. The vessel continued for approximately another 1,000 metres (1,100 yd) until just north of the harbour entrance. The vessel then turned in an attempt to get close to the harbour. This turn shifted the centre of gravity to the starboard side of the ship, and she listed over to that side initially by about 20°, finally coming to rest at an angle of heel of about 80°.[23]

The captain, Francesco Schettino, has been arrested for manslaughter and abandoning ship and was being questioned as of 14 January 2012.[24] Officials are trying to determine why the ship did not issue a mayday and why she was navigating so close to the coast. "At the moment we can't exclude that the ship had some kind of technical problem," said officer Emilio Del Santo of the Coastal Authorities of Livorno, "and for this reason moved towards the coast in order to save the passengers, the crew and the ship. But they didn't send a mayday. The ship got in contact with us once the evacuation procedures were already ongoing."[25]

The passengers on the accident voyage included Dutch, Italian, British, Canadian, Mexican, Brazilians, Spanish, American, French, German, Greek, Portuguese, Russian, Croatian, Swedish and Kazakh nationals.[26]

See also

References

  1. ^ Eva Herzigova Was The Godmother Of the Costa Concordia
  2. ^ a b "Costa Crociere Orders A New Ship From Fincantieri With An Investment Of Around 450 Million Euros" (Press release). Fincantieri. 19 January 2004. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d "Company Profile". Costa Cruises. 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011. Cite error: The named reference "Costa" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel Carnival Concordia". VesselTracker. 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  5. ^ a b Nikkhah, Roya (14 January 2012). "Cruise disaster: captain arrested as three confirmed dead and 69 passengers still missing". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  6. ^ a b "40 passengers still unaccounted for" (14 January 2012) FOCUS News Agency
  7. ^ Dozens of passengers 'still missing' and three dead after luxury cruise liner carrying 4,200 people capsizes off the coast of Italy, The Daily Mail, UK.
  8. ^ a b "M/S COSTA CONCORDIA" (in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  9. ^ "Costa Concordia, The Largest Italian Cruise Ship, is Launched in Genoa" (Press release). Fincantieri. 2 September 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  10. ^ "Costa Crociere Takes Delivery From Fincantieri Of The New Flagship Costa Concordia" (Press release). Fincantieri. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  11. ^ Associated Press. "3 bodies recovered, many people missing after luxury boat runs aground in Italy". New York Post. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  12. ^ Associated Press. "3 bodies recovered, many people missing after luxury boat runs aground in Italy". New York Post. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  13. ^ "Cruise liner damaged after leaving Malta". Times of Malta. 23 November 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  14. ^ Akwagyiram, Alexis (14 January 2012). "Italy cruise ship Costa Concordia: Search for missing". BBC News. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  15. ^ Nikkhah, Roya (14 January 2012). "Three confirmed dead and thousands evacuated as cruise ship runs aground off coast of Italy". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  16. ^ Flegenheimer, Matt; Pianigiani, Gaia (14 January 2012). "Search Is on for Survivors From Italian Cruise Ship That Ran Aground". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
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  18. ^ a b Winfield, Nicole (14 January 2012). "Coast guard: cruise ship runs aground off Italy, 3 bodies found; helicopters rescue others". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "Cruise ship runs aground off Italy; deaths reported". MSNBC. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  20. ^ "Giglio Harbour". Giglio News. 14 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  21. ^ a b "It was like a scene from the Titanic': At least three dead and 4200 panicked passengers and crew evacuated after luxury cruise liner carrying Britons sinks off coast of Italy". Daily Mail. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  22. ^ "Authorities question Italian captain of cruise ship that ran aground, killing 3". CNN. 14 January 2012. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  23. ^ "'La nave ha urtato uno scoglio' Il comandante: 'Non era sulla carta'". La Repubblica (in Italian). 14 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  24. ^ "Police arrest Italian captain of cruise ship that ran aground, killing 3". CNN. 14 January 2012. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  25. ^ "Italian cruise ship captain investigated" (14 January 2012) UPI
  26. ^ "Italy cruise ship Costa Concordia: Search for missing." BBC. 14 January 2012. Retrieved on 14 January 2012.
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