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1133:Costa Magica
1131:
1126:Costa Marina
1125:
1117:
1112:Costa Europa
1111:
1096:
1089:
1082:
1075:
1069:
1062:
1055:
1051:
1044:
1037:
1030:Former ships
1009:
1002:
997:Costa Serena
995:
988:
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901:
897:(in Swedish)
871:
860:. Retrieved
856:the original
846:
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824:
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787:the original
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478:Construction
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447:
415:Sulzer CRDA
380:12,263
359:Scrapped in
295:23 June 1963
108:
102:
96:
90:
84:
78:
72:
66:
43:
1168:Costa Playa
1063:Columbus C.
1056:Carla Costa
550:Los Angeles
456:cruise ship
284:Yard number
222:2010–2012:
204:2004–2010:
189:2002–2010:
183:1996–2002:
171:1973–1983:
165:1967–1973:
144:1996–2012:
138:1993–1995:
132:1983–1993:
126:1977–1983:
105:(1996–2012)
99:(1995–1996)
93:(1993–1995)
87:(1983–1993)
81:(1973–1983)
75:(1967–1973)
18:MS Sapphire
1804:1965 ships
1798:Categories
1217:Federico C
862:2010-08-10
768:2012-04-28
754:(6513994)"
732:References
699:SOLAS 2010
656:Sea Prince
412:Propulsion
344:IMO number
316:In service
242:Basseterre
91:Sea Prince
1210:Eugenio C
1045:Bianca C.
596:In 1969,
491:Raffaello
468:Caribbean
458:built in
338:Call sign
308:Completed
292:Laid down
1224:Franca C
1104:disaster
1054: /
803:Archived
752:Sapphire
715:Sapphire
710:Serenade
695:Sapphire
684:Sapphire
680:Sapphire
676:Sapphire
672:Sapphire
644:Sapphire
586:Sapphire
564:Sapphire
431:Capacity
300:Launched
224:Valletta
157:Operator
103:Sapphire
1753:R class
1614:Pacific
1290:Current
1238:Maria C
1052:Carla C
759:Equasis
640:Italia,
590:Messina
505:Oceanic
472:Pacific
404:Draught
377:Tonnage
348:6513994
346::
340:: V4LA2
278:Trieste
270:Builder
262:Ordered
56:History
50:in 1980
48:Piraeus
1780:(2002)
1772:(2007)
1764:(2002)
1745:(2002)
1737:(2001)
1713:(2000)
1697:(1997)
1689:(1995)
1665:(1991)
1657:(1990)
1635:(1975)
1627:(1974)
1605:(1993)
1597:(1989)
1589:(1988)
1581:(1988)
1573:(1988)
1565:(1984)
1557:(1979)
1549:(1974)
1541:(1968)
1533:(1967)
1525:(1965)
1507:Former
1495:(2025)
1487:(2024)
1467:Future
1455:(2003)
1447:(2003)
1425:(2008)
1417:(2007)
1409:(2006)
1401:(2004)
1393:(2004)
1385:(2004)
1377:(1998)
1353:(2022)
1345:(2020)
1337:(2019)
1329:(2017)
1321:(2013)
1313:(2012)
1231:Italia
902:Italia
726:Aspire
618:Italia
610:Italia
602:Alaska
592:, 2006
582:Italia
568:Málaga
560:Italia
532:Italia
522:Italia
484:Italia
470:, and
454:was a
451:Italia
388:Length
367:, 2012
251:
240:2012:
233:
215:
206:Majuro
111:(2012)
109:Aspire
79:Italia
69:(1967)
67:Italia
44:Italia
1725:class
1723:Grand
1677:class
1646:class
1644:Crown
1616:class
1436:class
1434:Coral
1365:class
1363:Grand
1301:class
1299:Royal
1284:fleet
722:Alang
704:Ivory
572:Spain
460:Italy
423:Speed
365:India
361:Alang
236:Malta
118:Owner
900:M/S
707:and
690:Fate
646:for
482:The
439:Crew
396:Beam
356:Fate
327:2010
319:1967
311:1967
265:1963
61:Name
1675:Sun
620:to
588:in
584:as
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489:SS
449:MS
442:240
382:GRT
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