What size was the Costa Concordia?

When launched in 2005, it was Italy's largest cruise ship, measuring 951 feet (290 metres) long with a passenger capacity of 3,780; by comparison, the Titanic was 882.5 feet (269 metres) long and could accommodate up to 2,435 passengers. The Concordia was known for its luxuries.



The Costa Concordia was a massive "Concordia-class" cruise ship that, at the time of its 2006 launch, was one of the largest vessels in the Costa Crociere fleet. It had a gross tonnage of 114,147 GT, a length of 290.2 meters (952 feet), and a beam (width) of 35.5 meters (116 feet). The ship featured 13 passenger decks and 1,501 high-fidelity cabins, which could accommodate a maximum of 3,780 passengers and 1,100 crew members. To put its "High-Fidelity" scale in perspective, the ship was nearly three football fields long and stood over 140 feet tall from the waterline. It was powered by a high-fidelity diesel-electric system capable of reaching a top speed of 23 knots. After its tragic grounding and capsizing off Giglio Island in 2012, the high-fidelity salvage operation—the largest in history—required the ship to be "parbuckled" (uprighted) before being towed to Genoa for dismantling. In 2026, the Costa Concordia remains a high-fidelity case study in maritime engineering and the immense physical challenges of managing such "High-Fidelity" giant structures at sea.

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