Provence (ship, 1951)

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Provence
As Enrico Costa in Genoa, November 1992
As Enrico Costa in Genoa, November 1992
Ship data
other ship names
  • Enrico C. (1965-1987)
  • Enrico Costa (1987-1994)
  • Symphony (1994-2000)
  • Aegean Spirit (2000-2001)
  • Ocean Glory I (2001)
  • Classica (2001)
Ship type Cruise ship
Shipyard Swan, Hunter & Wigham, Richardson , Wallsend , Newcastle
Build number 1874
Launch 15th August 1950
takeover February 1951
Commissioning March 30, 1951
Decommissioning 2001
Whereabouts 2001 in Alang , India scrapped
Ship dimensions and crew
length
176.77 m ( Lüa )
width 22.28 m
measurement 15,889 GRT
Machine system
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		11,850 kW (16,112 hp)
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speed 		18 kn (33 km / h)
Transport capacities
Load capacity 8,156 dw
Permitted number of passengers 845
Others
Registration
numbers 		IMO 5286128

The Provence was a passenger ship put into service in 1951 , which was used as a cruise ship from 1966 under different names and owners . The ship last used as Ocean Glory I achieved a service life of 50 years and was scrapped in India in 2001 .

history

The ship was built under the hull number 1874 at the Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard for Société Générale des Transports Maritime and delivered in February 1951. The Société Générale des Transports Maritime used the ship in the liner service between Marseille and Buenos Aires .

As Ocean Glory I in Dover, August 2001, shortly before scrapping

In April 1961 Provence was chartered to Costa Armatori in Genoa and is now used between Genoa and Buenos Aires. In 1965 the ship was sold to Costa Armatori and, after being converted, came back into service as Enrico C. From 1966 it was used for cruises . In 1979 it was rebuilt again at the Mariotti shipyard . From 1987 the ship, now renamed Enrico Costa , drove for the Costa Crociere, which emerged from the Costa Armatori company . In 1989/1990 the ship was rebuilt again.

In December 1994 the Costa Crociere sold the ship to the Star Lauro in Naples , which renamed it Symphony . About a year later it went to MSC Cruises . In April 2000 it was sold to Golden Sun Cruises in Piraeus and renamed Aegean Spirit . Golden Sun Cruises chartered the ship to Festive Holidays from June 2001, who renamed it Ocean Glory I and offered it primarily on the British market for cruises. When the ship was first called in Dover in July 2001, a review of the ship by the Marine and Coastguard Agency revealed various deficiencies and a ban on sailing was imposed. The charter was canceled and the ship was finally sold for scrapping in September of that year. Under the name Classica , it reached Alang at the end of October 2001 , where it was canceled from November.

Technical specifications

The ship was initially powered by two steam turbines. In 1989/1990 the steam turbines at the Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa were replaced by two sixteen-cylinder diesel engines from the manufacturer Wärtsilä with an output of 11,850  kW . The speed of the ship was 18  knots .

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