IanCosta Concordia From Space
February 10th 2012 02:11
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MS Costa Concordia is the largest Italian cruise ship ever conceived. She was ordered on 19 January 2004 in Fincantieri and built in the Sestri Ponente yard in Genoa. She had an inauspicious launch at Sestri Ponente on 2 September 2005, when the champagne bottle failed to break.
The name Concordia was intended to express the wish for "continuing harmony, unity, and peace between European nations".
Costa Concordia is 290.20 metres (952 ft 1 in), with a beam of 35.50 metres (116 ft 6 in) and a draught of 8.20 metres (26 ft 11 in).
Costa Concordia was the first of the Concordia class cruise ships, followed by sister ships Costa Serena, Costa Pacifica, Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa, and Carnival Splendor built for Carnival Cruise Lines. When the 114,137 GT Costa Concordia and her sisters 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, the Costa Concordia ran aground, tearing a 160 ft long hole in her hull, and eventually capsized in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the shore of Isola del Giglio, near the western coast of Italy. Most of the approximately 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew were saved; although some passengers and crew were lost.
In the image shortly after the incidend she is resting precariously on a rocky underwater ledge, and in danger of sinking further into deeper waters.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article for Costa Concordia.
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