Costa Concordia facts for kids
Costa Concordia
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| Name | Costa Concordia |
| Owner | Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator | Costa Cruises |
| Port of registry | Genoa, Italy |
| Route | Western Mediterranean |
| Ordered | 19 January 2004 |
| Builder | Fincantieri Sestri Ponente, Italy |
| Cost | list error: <br /> list (help) €450 million £372 million US$570 million |
| Yard number | 6122 |
| Launched | 2 September 2005 |
| Christened | 7 July 2006 |
| Acquired | 29 June 2006 |
| Maiden voyage | 14 July 2006 |
| In service | July 2006 |
| Out of service | 13 January 2012 |
| Identification | list error: mixed text and list (help) Call sign: IBHD
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| Status | Capsized off Isola del Giglio, Italy |
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| Class and type | Concordia class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 114,500 GT |
| Length | 290.20 m (952 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 35.50 m (116 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in) |
| Decks | 17 |
| Installed power | 6 × Wärtsilä diesel engines, 75,600 kilowatts (101,400 hp) |
| Speed | service: 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) maximum: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Capacity | 3780 passengers |
| Crew | 1,100 |
MS Costa Concordia is a Concordia-class cruise ship. Costa Cruises, a subsidiary of British-American Carnival Corporation & Plc, owns and operates the ship.
Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente yards in Italy built the ship. The name Concordia was meant to express the wish for "continuing harmony, unity, and peace between European nations."
She is the first vessel of the Concordia ship 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 one of the largest ships to be built in Italy, at 114,500 GT. The later Carnival Dream class weighed 130,000 GRT, and are also built in Fincantieri.
On 22 November 2008, Costa Concordia suffered damage to her bow when high winds over the Sicilian city of Palermo pushed the ship against its dock. There were no injuries and repairs started soon after.
On 13 January 2012, the Costa Concordia ran aground and partially sank on the western coast of Italy just off the shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 4,200 passengers and crew, at least eleven people were killed, including ten passengers and one crew member and 23 still missing. The situation is still ongoing. People were angry with the ship's captain because he left the ship. He was supposed to stay on the ship and help the other passengers get off safely. The captain's "error" took the ship off of its programmed route.
Images for kids
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Costa Concordia on 31 July 2009, featuring repairs to her bow.
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Costa Concordia after dawn with lifeboats at shore
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Costa Concordia salvage operation in progress
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Costa Concordia on 12 September 2015, being scrapped in the Superbacino dock in Genoa, Italy
See also
In Spanish: Costa Concordia para niños
