"launched for a test. Under the regulations in force in 2006 when ""Costa Concordia"" was delivered, the ship had to be designed to survive the flooding of two adjacent compartments caused by an breach. The damage caused by impact with the rocks left a in the hull. Below is a timeline of the wrecking, 13–14 January 2012 (using local time, which was UTC+1). Costa Concordia disaster On 13 January 2012, the Italian cruise ship ""Costa Concordia"" ran aground and overturned after striking an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, resulting in 32 deaths. The eight year old Costa Cruises"
"2003 to 2005. On 13 January 2012, the ""Costa Concordia"" cruise ship, owned by the Costa Crociere shipping company and under the command of Captain Francesco Schettino, impacted a rock in the waters of Isola del Giglio, reporting the opening of a 70-meter-long hole on the left side, followed by the partial submersion of the ship. De Falco, who led the Captaincy in Livorno, assumed the coordination of the rescues to the cruise unit in difficulty. During the radio and telephone communications between the operating room of the Livorno Captaincy and the ""Concordia"", taken by De Falco and Schettino, the"
"The normal shipping route passes about offshore. Costa Cruises confirmed that the course taken in 2012 was ""not a defined [computer programmed] route for passing Giglio."" In an interview with the Italian TV channel Canale 5 on 10 July 2012, Schettino said this was a contributing factor to the accident. In addition, at the captain's invitation, the maître d'hôtel of the ship, who is from the island, was on the ship's bridge to view the island during the sail-past. A further person on the bridge was a Moldovan dancer, Domnica Cemortan, who testified that she was in a romantic relationship"
"games. She also had aboard a Grand Prix motor racing simulator and an internet café. 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, under the command of Captain Francesco Schettino, in calm seas and overcast weather, after departing Civitavecchia, the port for Rome, Italy, on a 7-night cruise, at 21:45 local time (UTC+1), ""Costa Concordia"" hit a rock off Isola del Giglio (), on the western coast of Italy"
"Captain Francesco Schettino wanted to 'salute' the Italian island of Giglio off Tuscany with a close sail past at night. The captain was one of the crew to leave the sinking ship early while many passengers were still on board. The ship was left lying on its starboard side in shallow water. Thirty-two people died. Six weeks later the company made headlines again when a fire on ""Costa Allegra"" left it drifting without power for 13 hours in waters near Somalia frequented by pirates, before the ship was taken under tow. On July 27, 2014, after tugboats had slowly towed"
"MS Achille Lauro MS ""Achille Lauro was a cruise ship based in Naples, Italy. Built between 1939 and 1947 as MS ""Willem Ruys, a passenger liner for the Rotterdamsche Lloyd, she was hijacked by members of the Palestine Liberation Front in 1985. In other incidents, she also suffered two serious collisions (in 1953 with the and in 1975 with the cargo ship ""Youseff"") and four onboard fires or explosions (in 1965, 1972, 1981, and 1994). In the last of these, in 1994, the ship caught fire and sank in the Indian Ocean off Somalia. Ordered in 1938 to replace the"
"in the port of Genoa. On 3 November 2014, the final body was discovered in the wreckage of the ship. Authorities banned all private boats from Giglio Porto and excluded them from a non-navigation zone around the ship. Poor weather conditions could have caused a spill of oil from the ship. A floating oil barrier was put in place as a precaution. High winds on 1 February lifted the protective barrier, allowing an oily film into the surrounding waters that began spreading from the stern of the ship. The protective boom was redesigned for the weather conditions. On 7 February,"
"to the decline of ocean liners. ""Galileo Galilei"" returned to Genoa and repaired after she struck a reef off the coast of West Africa on 13 January 1975. ""Galileo Galilei"" continued to operate on the Italy–Australia run until April 1977, at which point she was withdrawn from service and laid up. Her lay-up was short, and in October 1977 she returned to her builders for a lengthy reconstruction into a cruise ship. On 24 March 1979 the ""Galileo Galilei"" finally started cruise service with Italia Crociere (owned by Italia Navigazione, who also owned Lloyd Triestino). However, already in September of"
"be completed by early-to-mid-2014. After this ""floating"" operation, the ship would be towed to a salvage yard on the Italian mainland for scrapping or ""breaking"". On 14 July 2014, work commenced to refloat ""Costa Concordia"" in preparation for towing. At this point, the costs had risen to €1 billion. Including tow cost, €100 million for the ship to be broken up for scrap and the cost of repairing damage to Giglio island, the estimated final cost was expected to be €1.5 billion ($2 billion). On 23 July, having been refloated, the ship commenced its final journey under tow at a"
"was completed towards the end of July 2014. Flotation devices were attached to right the ship and then raise it. It was subsequently towed to its final destination port of Genoa to be scrapped. In the 2007 romantic bestselling Italian novel ""Scusa ma ti chiamo amore"" by Federico Moccia, the couple end up living in a lighthouse on this island. Isola del Giglio Isola del Giglio (; ) is an Italian island and comune situated in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the coast of Tuscany, and is part of the Province of Grosseto. The island is one of seven that form"
"2012, Sapphire was beached for scrapping in Alang under the name of ""Aspire"". MS Sapphire MS ""Sapphire"" was a 1967 Italian built cruise ship that most recently operated for Louis Cruise Lines, once laid up at Eleusis Bay and was sold for scrap in May 2012. The ""Sapphire"" was ordered as one of two sisters for the Italian company Sunsarda SpA in 1963 as ""Italia"", and was one of the first purpose-built cruise ships. Her interiors were designed by Gustavo Finali and Romano Boico, who designed the interiors for other famed Italian liners, such as the SS ""Raffaello"" and her"
"after it scraped against a pier during its departure from the port of Iraklio, in Crete, to the resort island of Santorini. The 872 passengers and the 407 crewmembers on board were safe. In December 2010, Louis Cruises announced they would be continuing the renewal of their fleet by selling ""Aquamarine"" to Mexican operator Ocean Star Cruises, which renamed her ""Ocean Star Pacific"". In March 2011, ""Ocean Star Pacific"" was moored at Caracas Bay, on Curaçao, for maintenance. She entered service for Ocean Star Cruises on 10 April 2011. On 15 April 2011 the ""Ocean Star Pacific"" was disabled at"
"side, creating problems in launching the lifeboats. The president of Costa Cruises, Gianni Onorato, said normal lifeboat evacuation became ""almost impossible"" because the ship listed so quickly. After the grounding, passengers and crew were taken ashore from the ship by lifeboats and helicopters or swam to the island, leaving about 40 people missing. Half of these were later found inside the ship, most of them deceased. In the first contact, made at 22:12, between Italian port officials and ""Costa Concordia"" after the impact on the reef, an unidentified officer on board the cruise ship insisted that she was suffering only"
"then cutting away her superstructure. ""Winner 5"" was completely dismantled by November 13, 2010. Fellow ocean liner ""Maestro"" replaced her and was beached in her plot, 141. SS Ausonia (1956) SS ""Ausonia, later known as the SS ""Ivory and Aegean Two while in service with her last owners, Golden Star Cruises, was a cruise liner belonging to Louis Cruise Lines operating in the Mediterranean. She operated mostly cruise service during her 52 years of life. She was the last vintage Italian ocean liner in service when she was retired from service in September 2008 and beached for dismantling in March"
"by pirates while at Dakar. On 12 July of the same year, the hulk sank in heavy seas off Algoa Bay in South Africa. MS Gripsholm (1957) MS ""Gripsholm"" was a combined ocean liner/cruise ship, built in 1957 by Ansaldo Shipyard, Genoa, Italy for the Swedish American Line for use in transatlantic traffic from Gothenburg to New York as well as long-distance cruising. In 1971 she was laid up for 3 months in Göteborg, being converted into a pure cruise ship, thus ending her Transatlantic career. In 1975 she was sold to the Karageorgis Lines, who named her MS ""Navarino"""
"Royal Princess (2012) MS ""Royal Princess"" is a cruise ship operated by Princess Cruises, and the third ship to sail for the cruise line under that name. The ship was built by Fincantieri at their shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. ""Royal Princess"" is the flagship of the Princess fleet, a designation held up to that point by "" Grand Princess"". Princess Cruises ordered ""Royal Princess"", as well as her fleetmate ""Regal Princess"", both at the time unnamed, on 17 February 2010. The final contract was signed on 4 May 2010. Construction of ""Royal Princess"" began on 15 March 2011 at the"
"off the coast of Somalia while ""en route"" to South Africa. At that time, Italian officials said the fire had been caused by a discarded cigarette, but it actually began in the engine room after one of the engines exploded. Because of a lack of supervision, the fire burned out of control before its discovery. The crew tried to battle the fire for several hours but were unsuccessful. The vessel was abandoned and sank on 2 December 1994. MS Achille Lauro MS ""Achille Lauro was a cruise ship based in Naples, Italy. Built between 1939 and 1947 as MS ""Willem"
"and winds. A flag-changing ceremony was held on 25 February 2010 in Saint-Nazaire. The ship was christened on 6 March 2010 at a ceremony in Hamburg by the godmother to the MSC Cruises fleet, Italian actress Sophia Loren. From 20 March 2010, ""Magnifica"" operated on seven-day cruises in the eastern Mediterranean, visiting ports in Italy, Greece, Turkey and Croatia. ""Magnifica"" also operated in the eastern and western Mediterranean during the autumn of 2013. ""Magnifica""'s regular itineraries position her in South America during the winter season and Northern Europe in the summer months. On 20 November 2013, the ship hit a"
"2017, Sib Hashian, former drummer for the band Boston, collapsed and died on the ship while performing as part of a Legends of Rock cruise. In late 2017, ""MSC Divina"" was featured in a photo exhibition by Gianni Berengo Gardin underlying the effects of cruise ships on the historical city of Venice. MSC Divina MS ""MSC Divina"" is a cruise ship owned and operated by MSC Cruises. She was constructed from 2010 to 2012 being originally named ""MSC Fantastica"" while under construction. MSC renamed her when near complete in the shipyard to honour the actress Sophia Loren. ""Divina"" is the"
"Barcelona"", together with sister ""Cruise Roma"", is operated on the Civitavecchia-Porto Torres-Barcelona route, sailing twice a week in winter and five times per week in summer. On 13–14 January 2012 ""Cruise Barcelona"" was involved in the rescue operation following the ""Costa Concordia"" disaster. MS Cruise Barcelona MS ""Cruise Barcelona"" is a cruiseferry owned and operated by Grimaldi Lines. It was built at Fincantieri in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy. She was the second of a series of four sister ships, the others being ""Cruise Roma"" (also operated by Grimaldi Lines), ""Cruise Europa"" and ""Cruise Olympia"" (operated by Minoan Lines). They are"
"5 July 2012, Schettino was released from house arrest but mandated to reside in Meta di Sorrento. Prior to the trial, Pier Luigi Foschi, at that time chairman of Costa Cruises, put blame on Schettino as being responsible for deviating from the course and getting close to Giglio. Costa Cruises terminated Schettino's employment in 2012. The company declined to pay for his legal defense although it first supported him; instead, after a plea bargain with the prosecution, it became a co-plaintiff in the trial against Schettino. Schettino's trial was separated from a trial against five Costa employees, namely Roberto Ferrarini"
"Trieste and Izmir, results in view of a more tight collaboration in between MSC and Messina Line. Following an engine room explosion and subsequent fire on 30 November 1994 the MS Achille Lauro was abandoned and eventually sank on 2 December 1994. Several years earlier, in October, 1985, the Achille Lauro was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists while cruising off Egypt. One passenger, Leon Klinghoffer, who was confined to a wheelchair, was deliberately murdered by the hijackers and thrown overboard with his wheelchair. ""MSC Napoli"" operated by MSC under charter from its owner, had to be abandoned in the English Channel"
"""Italia"" and operated her on cruises out of San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1977 Costa purchased the ship and began chartering her to various companies. This ended in 1983 when Costa sold ""Italia"" to Ocean Cruise Line. Ocean Cruise Line renamed her ""Ocean Princess"" and had her do cruises in the Mediterranean during the summer, and in the Caribbean and Latin America during the winter. In March 1993, while cruising through the Amazon, the ""Ocean Princess"" struck a sunken wreck on the river bottom, causing her engine room and lower decks to flood. All passengers and crew were rescued unharmed,"
"its set course and began a search, which lasted until 8am the following day. She had three children who were on the cruise but were not there to witness the event. The ship returned to Brisbane, Australia on 15 April 2018. By reviewing security footage, police determined that the event had been a suicide shown by Schofield's leap over the railing. Pacific Dawn (ship) Pacific Dawn is a cruise ship owned by Carnival Corporation and operated by P&O Cruises Australia. She was built in 1991 by the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy as Regal Princess. The ship was ordered by"
"for surviving passengers and crew members. The Mass was celebrated by Bishop Joseph Kalathiparambil, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants. Costa Fascinosa Costa Fascinosa is a ""Concordia""-class cruise ship that was ordered in October 2007 for Costa Crociere. Based on the ""Concordia"" class design, ""Costa Fascinosa"" was constructed by Fincantieris Marghera shipyard in Venice. Part of a five-ship expansion of the Costa Crociere fleet, the vessel entered service on 6 May 2012. She was Costa Crociere's flagship until the ""Costa Diadema"" entered service. ""Costa Fascinosa"" and sister ship ""Costa Favolosa"" were ordered in"
"only ship not arrested is the ""Funchal"" which is laid up pending refurbishment for SOLAS. On 20 December 2012, it was resolved to place the company into liquidation. In the beginning of 2013, the recently created cruise company Portuscale Cruises, led by the Portuguese entrepreneur Rui Alegre, bought ""Princess Danae"", ""Athena"", ""Arion"" and ""Funchal"", assuming as well the liabilities of Classic International Cruises. Classic International Cruises Classic International Cruises was a British-Australian owned shipping company operating five luxury cruise ships, most notably their flagship, the rebuilt ocean liner MS Athena. The company only operated cruise ships that are former ocean"
"was founded in Naples, Italy as Lauro Lines (also known as ""Flotta Lauro"") by Achille Lauro. The company entered the cruise business in the 1960s, operating two ships, the ""Angelina Lauro"" and . The ""Angelina Lauro"" burnt in the port of St. Thomas in 1979 and the ""Achille Lauro"" was hijacked by members of the Palestine Liberation Front in 1985. In 1989, the Mediterranean Shipping Company bought Flotta Lauro and renamed it StarLauro Cruises. In 1994, the ""Achille Lauro"" caught fire and sank. In 1995, the company name was changed to MSC Cruises. In 2014 MSC Cruises announced that the"
"40 to 50 people were still on board. At 04:46, the evacuation was noted as ""complete"" on the Port of Livorno's Harbour Master log. The next day, the survivors were transported to Porto Santo Stefano, where the first center for co-ordination and assistance was established. Prime Minister Mario Monti announced his intention to propose to the President of the Republic to grant the gold medal for civil valor to the common people of Isola del Giglio and Monte Argentario for their conduct during the rescue. Between 14 and 30 January 2012, rescue divers searched within the ship for missing people."
"make her a more usable cruiser. Additionally, she was considered to be too large to be a cruise ship by that time's standards. Italy's flagship SS ""Michelangelo"" made her last Atlantic crossing in July 1975, under command of Senior Captain Claudio Cosulich. Afterwards she was laid up at La Spezia alongside her sister. Several buyers (including Knut Kloster of Norwegian Cruise Line) inspected the ships but did not wish to buy them due to the costs required to modernise them to cruise ship standard. There was one serious buyer, Home Lines, who wished to buy the ships and keep them"
"suffered from an electrical malfunction and has been stuck in dock at Cagliari Port, in Sardinia, Italy. The cause of the damage was blamed on a primary electrical generator. As no spare parts were available on time, the ship was unable to sail out to Civitavecchia leaving several passengers without booked flight connections. Costa Pacifica Costa Pacifica is a ""Concordia""-class cruise ship for Costa Crociere. She was handed over to Costa Crociere on 29 May 2009. Her sister ships, ""Costa Concordia"" and ""Costa Serena"", were launched in 2006 and in 2007, with ""Costa Favolosa"" and ""Costa Fascinosa"" launched in 2011"
"""Caronia"" and re-registered in the United Kingdom. She continued service with Cunard until November 2004, when she was sold to Saga Cruises. Following a £17 million refit at Valletta, Malta the ""Caronia"" reappeared as ""Saga Ruby"" in March 2005. In the Saga Cruises fleet she joined her former Norwegian America Line fleetmate ""Sagafjord"" (now named ""Saga Rose""). It was reported in 2012 that Saga Cruises would retire the ""Saga Ruby"" in 2014 and the ""Quest for Adventure"" would move back into the fleet as the ""Saga Pearl II"". She sailed her final world cruise in the first months of 2013."
"Costa Magica Costa Magica is a cruise ship for the Costa Crociere cruise line. She debuted in 2004 as a sister ship to ""Costa Fortuna"", built on the same platform as the ""Destiny""-class of the Carnival Cruise Lines. ""Magica"" pays homage to some of the most famous destinations in Italy including Positano, Portofino, Bellagio, and Sicily which are all incorporated into her public rooms and restaurants. At , she is one of the largest in the Costa Crociere fleet. On the 4 January 2006, fifteen-year-old Irish girl Lynsey O' Brien fell overboard ""Costa Magica"". The underage O' Brien had been"
"Palermo. During the 2009-2010 winter season, ""Costa Pacifica"" departed from Rome and Savona, offering 10- and 11-day cruises in Egypt, Israel and Turkey. In Summer 2010, she offered seven day cruises in the Western Mediterranean, with calls at Rome, Savona, Barcelona, Palma, Tunis, Malta and Catania. On December 11, 2012 ""Costa Pacifica"" struck a piling while maneuvering into dock at the Port of Marseille, France. The cause of the damage is blamed on heavy wind, an gash was left on her hull above the waterline. Her itinerary was not delayed. On May 5, 2017 at 7:15 AM Costa Pacifica has"