Costa Concordia 2012
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Marker: recorded wreck position (Modern).
Key facts
| Name | Costa Concordia | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 2012 | Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier |
| Era | Modern | derived from year |
| Ship type | cruise ship | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | Italy | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Operator | Costa Cruises | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Sea / ocean | Tyrrhenian Sea | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Italy | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 16 km from land |
| Position | 42.3653, 10.9214 | Wikidata P793 significant event, coordinate qualifier (CC0) |
About the wreck
Costa Concordia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkɔsta koŋˈkɔrdja]) was a cruise ship operated by the Italian cruise line Costa Crociere. She was the first of her class, followed by her sister ships Costa Serena, Costa Pacifica, Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa, and Carnival Splendor built for Carnival Cruise Line. When the 114,137-ton Costa Concordia and her sister ships 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 at 21:45, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. This tore open a 53-metre (174-foot) gash on the port side of her hull, which soon flooded parts of the engine room, cutting off power from the engines and ship services. As water flooded in, the ship listed as she drifted back towards the island and grounded near shore, then rolled onto her starboard side, lying in an unsteady position on a rocky underwater ledge.
The evacuation of Costa Concordia took over six hours, and of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 32 died.
Diving & visiting
An initial assessment by salvage expert company Smit International estimated that the removal of Costa Concordia and her 2,380 tonnes of fuel could take up to 10 months. Smit advised that the ship had been damaged beyond the hope of economic repair and recommended it be written off as a constructive total loss. Smit was soon contracted to initially remove only Concordia's fuel.
During the fuel removal operation, Smit reported that the ship had shifted 60 centimetres (24 in) in the three weeks since her grounding, but that there was no immediate prospect of her breaking up or sinking deeper.
Location
- Recorded position: 42.3653, 10.9214 (Wikidata P793 significant event, coordinate qualifier (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Tyrrhenian Sea
- Nearest coast: Italy
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Costa Concordia (revision 1366123310), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Salvage”; condensed by selecting paragraphs and trimming at sentence boundaries; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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