The MS Costa Marina was a cruise ship, last owned by Polaris Shipping and operated by Harmony Cruises.
.JPG) The Costa Marina as Club Harmony
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| Name |
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| Namesake | Axel Johnson |
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| Builder | |
| Yard number | 1169 |
| Launched | 16 January 1969 |
| Completed | June 1969 |
| Acquired | 1969 |
| Maiden voyage | 1969 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped at Alang, India in 2014. |
| Notes | [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 571.8 ft (174.3 m) |
| Beam | 84.6 ft (25.8 m) |
| Draught | 7.9 m (26 ft) |
| Decks | 8 (passenger-accessible) |
| Speed | 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) |
| Capacity | 760 passengers 400 crew |
History
editThe MS Costa Marina was originally built in 1969 as the container ship Axel Johnson by the Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard in Turku, Finland for the Sweden-based Rederi AB Nordstjernan and operated on their Johnson Line services. In 1986 she was sold to Regency Cruises with the intention of being converted into a cruise ship under named Regent Sun, but she was laid up instead. In 1987 she was sold to Navyclub Italia and renamed Italia, but continued laid up.[2] In 1988 the ship was acquired by Costa Cruises, renamed Costa Marina, and rebuilt into a cruise ship at the T. Mariotti shipyard in Genoa, Italy. She entered service as the Costa Marina in 1990.[3][4] From 2002 she was marketed more towards German passengers.[3]
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On August 3, 2011 it was announced by parent company Carnival that new ships would be built for Costa to replace their older ships, starting with the Costa Marina.[5]
The Costa Marina left the fleet in November 2011, and was initially replaced by Iberocruceros' Grand Voyager for her Red Sea cruises.[6] Costa Marina was chartered to South Korea’s Harmony Cruise and renamed Harmony Princess with Marshall Islands registry, for cruises between Korea and Japan.[7] In 2012, her owners renamed her Club Harmony,[8] but she was laid up in January 2013.
In September 2014, she was sold for scrap in India and arrived at Alang the following month as Harmony 1.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel Costa Marina". VesselTracker. 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ "Costa Marina". castlesoftheseas.nl. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024.
- ^ a b Asklander, Micke. "M/S Axel Johnson (1969)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ Piet Sinke (1 November 2002). "Passengerships Cruising in the Mediterranean" (PDF). PSi-Daily Shipping News. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ "Carnival Corporation & plc Orders New Ships for Its Costa Cruises and AIDA Cruises Brands" (Press release). Carnival Corporation & plc. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ Staff writers (14 July 2011). "Costa Marina Leaves Fleet". Cruise Industry News. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "El nuevo destino del Costa Marina" (in Spanish). Noticias de Cruceros. 29 November 2011. Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "Club Harmony offers luxurious, yet affordable journey". Archived from the original on 26 November 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ "Equasis vessel folder (free login required)". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
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