Costa Favolosa

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Costa Favolosa in Piraeus, Athens
History
NameCosta Favolosa
Owner Carnival Corporation & plc
Operator Costa Crociere
Port of registry Genoa, Civil Ensign of Italy.svg  Italy
OrderedOctober 2007
Builder Fincantieri, Marghera, Venice
Cost € 510 million
Laid down5 November 2009
Launched6 August 2010
Christened2 July 2011
Maiden voyage4 July 2011
In service4 July 2011
Identification
StatusIn service
Notes [1] [2]
General characteristics
Class and typeModified Concordia-class cruise ship
Tonnage113,216  GT
Length290 m (951 ft 5 in)
Beam40 m (131 ft 3 in)
Draught8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Depth14.18 m (46 ft 6 in)
Decks13
PropulsionDiesel-electric: Two shafts: 2 fixed pitch propellers
Speed24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Capacity3,780 passengers
Crew1,110
Notes [1] [2]

Costa Favolosa is a cruise ship ordered for Costa Crociere in October 2007. Based on the Concordia-class design, Costa Favolosa was laid down by Fincantieri's Marghera shipyard on 5 November 2009 and launched on 6 August 2010. Part of a five-ship expansion of the Costa Crociere fleet, the vessel entered service in July 2011. [3]

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Design and description

Model replica of Costa Favolosa Costa Favolosa ship replica.jpg
Model replica of Costa Favolosa
Costa Favolosa Horn sound.

The vessel is based on the Concordia-class design already in service with Costa Crociere. [4] At 114,500  GT, [3] she can carry up to 3,800 passengers in 1,506 cabins; six more than previous Concordia-class ships. [2] [5]

Construction and career

Costa Favolosa and sister ship Costa Fascinosa were ordered in October 2007 as part of a €2.4 billion expansion of the Costa Crociere fleet, with five ships entering service between 2009 and 2012 to increase the company's passenger capacity by 50%. [2] [6] [4] Costa Favolosa cost €510 million to build. [5]

The names of the two ships were selected via competition. The first phase saw 16,000 pairs of names submitted by travel agents and their customers from around the world, after being asked to suggest names. These names were to evoke the idea that the ships were magical and glamorous places. 25 name pairs were shortlisted and placed on the company's website, where over 42,000 visitors voted on their favourite. Favolosa (Italian for "fabulous") and Fascinosa ("fascinating" or "glamorous") were selected as the winning name pair. [2]

Costa Favolosa Diamanti Bar at inside. Costa Favolosa Diamanti Bar 1.jpg
Costa Favolosa Diamanti Bar at inside.

The first section of the cruise ship was laid down at Fincantieri's Marghera shipyard on 5 November 2009. [2] The ship was launched from the builder's dry dock on 6 August 2010. [7] Costa Favolosa is the fifteenth ship in service with Costa Crociere. [2]

COVID-19 pandemic

In March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, the ship departed from Guadeloupe. Six of the disembarked occupants of the ship tested positive for COVID-19. [8] On 26 March, as the ship stopped three miles (4.8 km) offshore from Miami, Florida, the United States Coast Guard reported the evacuation of seven sick crew members, out of the 1,009 who stayed aboard. [8] [9] [10]

An update by CNN on 3 April 2020 stated that the ship was then docked near Miami. Seven crew members and the sick passengers had been evacuated. Other passengers had disembarked in Guadeloupe. [11]

On 8 April 2020 an Indian crew member died from the disease after the ship was disembarked and was sent into Miami Hospital on 29 March. [12]

On 8 May it was reported that four of the 78 Belgian nationals who were vacationing on the ship had died. [13]

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  12. ↑ More Coral Princess cruisers leave ship; Costa Favolosa crew member dies of coronavirus, USA Today, 7 April 2020
  13. ↑ "Gestorven na droomcruise die nooit had mogen uitvaren" [Passed away after dream cruise that never should have left port]. hln.be (in Dutch). 8 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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