Costa Victoria

Costa Victoria

Costa Victoria in front of Dubrovnik

Ship data flag  Italy Ship type Cruise ship class Sun class Callsign IBLC home port Genoa Owner Costa Crociere Shipyard Bremer Vulkan , Vegesack Build number 1107 Launch September 2, 1995 takeover July 10, 1996 Commissioning July 28, 1996 Decommissioning March 2020

Ship dimensions and crew length 253.0 m ( Lüa ) 217.45 m ( Lpp ) width 32.25 m Side height 14.09 m Draft Max. 8 m measurement 75,166 GT   crew 777

Machine system machine Diesel-electric drive Top speed 22.7 kn (42 km / h) Generator power 50,700 kW (68,933 hp) propeller 2 × controllable pitch propellers

Transport capacities Load capacity 8,039 dwt Permitted number of passengers 2,394

Others Classifications Registro Italiano Navale Registration numbers IMO 9109031

The Costa Victoria is a cruise ship that entered service in 1996 and was operated by the Italian shipping company Costa Crociere until March 2020 .

history

The Costa Victoria was built from 1994 to 1996 as the first of three ships of this series at Bremer Vulkan , completed by the Lloyd shipyard in Bremerhaven, which belongs to the Vulkan network , and delivered to the Costa Crociere shipping company on July 10, 1996. The ship sailed under the Italian flag with its home port of Genoa . On July 28, 1996, the ship was put into service in Venice .

To pay for the ship, Costa Crociere handed over the cruise ship Eugenio Costa to the Bremer Vulkan shipyard as a partial payment.

The order for the sister ship , which should go under the name Costa Olympia , was withdrawn shortly after the hull was completed. This hull, called Costa Rosta by the Bremen population because of the lack of paint after the volcano bankruptcy , was bought by the shipping company Norwegian Cruise Line and had the ship completed at the Lloyd shipyard. In 1999 it was delivered as Norwegian Sky . Another ship of this class is the Norwegian Sun .

The Costa Victoria was completely renovated in 2004 at the Lloyd shipyard, and it also received external balconies. In October 2013 the ship was renovated again at the Sembawang shipyard in Singapore for 18 million US dollars until November 11, 2013.

In July 2019, the ship served as accommodation for around 1900 athletes during the 30th Summer Universiade in Naples . After the Costa Victoria ended its last cruise in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and then lay in Civitavecchia , it arrived in the port of Piombino on June 23, 2020 . There, the only 24 year old ship is being prepared for its demolition.

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Costa Victoria as a sectional view

The Costa Victoria offers space for 2394 passengers in 964 cabins and 20 suites, spread over twelve passenger decks. Of these, 242 cabins and four suites have their own balcony. She sails under the Italian flag and has a ship crew of 790 employees. With a length of 252 m, a width of 32 m, a draft of 8 m and a tonnage of 75,166 GT, the Costa Victoria was the largest passenger ship built in Germany at the time of delivery . Her speed is 24  knots .

commitment

At times the Costa Victoria drove like the Costa Atlantica , the Costa Serena , the Costa Fortuna and the Costa neoRomantica on the Asian cruise market. For Chinese guests, Qingdao , Shanghai and Hong Kong were the base ports, for Japanese and South Korean guests, Fukuoka or Busan . Since March 2018 the Costa Victoria has been used again on the European market.

See also

• List of cruise lines

Web links

Commons : Costa Victoria  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information about the ship / webcam
• Video clip of the Costa Victoria
• Deck plans of the Costa Victoria with cabins

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} M / S Costa Victoria. Facta om fartyg, accessed November 10, 2013 (Swedish). 
2. ↑ Costa Cruises: Cruise ship Costa Victoria is being redesigned for 18 million US dollars. Schiffsjournal, October 25, 2013, accessed November 5, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Costa Victoria To Host Athletes for Universiade Event in Naples. Cruise Industry News, June 29, 2019, accessed July 16, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2020 Week 25. In: VesselsValue. June 25, 2020, accessed July 6, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Costa Confirms: Victoria Back to Europe, neoClassica Sold. Cruise Industry News, August 2, 2017, accessed November 5, 2017 .