Mediterranea (Adora Cruises)
 Mediterranea as Costa Mediterranea leaving the port of Argostoli, Greece
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| Route | Cruising from Tianjin, China on international routes (2023-present) |
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| Yard number | 502 |
| Laid down | 1 October 2000 |
| Completed | 27 May 2003 |
| Out of service | 2020-2023 |
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| Status | In service |
| Notes | [1] |
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| Class and type | Spirit-class cruise ship |
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| Length | 292.5 m (959 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 32.2 m (105 ft 8 in) |
| Draught | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Depth | 13.6 m (44 ft 7 in) |
| Decks | 12 |
| Propulsion | Twin propellers |
| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
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| Crew | 912 |
| Notes | [1] |
Mediterranea is a Spirit-class cruise ship operated by Adora Cruises in the Chinese market. She was built in 2003 in Finland as Costa Mediterranea for Carnival Corporation & plc's Costa Cruises brand, and began operating with Adora Cruises in 2023.
Costa Line
Costa Mediterranea was completed in 2003 as at the Kvaerner Masa-Yards Helsinki New Shipyard, Finland at a cost of over €400 million. Like sister ship Costa Atlantica, her design was derived from Carnival Cruise Line's Spirit-class ships. On 16 June 2003 she departed on her maiden voyage from Genoa to Spain and Portugal. The twelve decks were named after mythological and historical characters: Circe, Tersicore, Bacco, Teseo, Orfeo, Narciso, Prometeo, Pegaso, Armonia, Cleopatra, Pandora and Medea.
On 10 September 2008, Costa Mediterranea was the first ship to make a port call to the Passenger Port of St. Petersburg in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[2]
Costa Mediterranea was dry docked for a €4 million refurbishment at the Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo from 21 November to 4 December 2013.[3]
Adora Cruises
In 2021, Costa Mediterranea was transferred to CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping.[4] Renamed Mediterranea in 2023, the ship entered service in September that year under CSSC Carnival's brand Adora Cruises, sailing short international itineraries based at Tianjin.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel Costa Mediterranea". VesselTracker. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "Port" (in Russian). Marine Facade Management Company. Archived from the original on May 19, 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "Costa Mediterranea Enters Drydock For €4 Million Refurbishment". cruisemiss.com. November 21, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-11-23. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
- ^ "Five Ships to Leave Costa Fleet by May 2021". Cruise Industry News. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "Adora Names Its First Chinese-Built Ship: Adora Magic City – Cruise Industry News | Cruise News". cruiseindustrynews.com/. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
External links
Media related to IMO 9237345 at Wikimedia Commons- "Costa Mediterranea official page". Costa Cruises. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- "Cruise ship Costa Mediterranea in Yalta, Ukraine". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - Galutschek, Ernst. "Video clips of Costa Mediterranea 2005, 2018". shipvideos.net. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- Miramar Ship Index – Costa Mediterranea
