''Costa Fortuna'' is a

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for

Costa Crociere Società per Azioni, S.p.A. (), operating as Costa Cruises, is an Italian cruise line founded in 1854 and organized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc since 2000. Based in Genoa, Genoa, Italy, the cruise line primarily ca ...

built in 2003 on the same platform as

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' . She was inspired by the Italian steamships of the past. Models of these ships are on display in the ship's public areas. In the atrium, models of the 26 past and present ships of Costa's fleet are displayed upside down, on the ceiling, up to, and including, ''Costa Fortuna'' herself. She was refurbished between 10 and 16 December 2018 in

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and was re-positioned back to

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, Italy in March 2019.

Design and description

The vessel was built along the same lines as

' . The aft decks are tiered and have limited open deck space. The vessel has a

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(GT) of 102,669 and . ''Costa Fortuna'' is long overall and between perpendiculars with a beam of and a depth of . The ship is powered by a diesel-electric propulsion system creating servicing two azimuth thrusters. There are 1,358 cabins ranging in size from of which 522 have a balcony. The vessel has a crew of 1,090. ''Costa Fortuna'' has capacity for 2,702 passengers at dual occupancy and 3,470 passengers maximum. There are four restaurants and eleven bars and lounges. The interior decor is

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Construction and career

The ship was constructed by Fincantieri in Italy with a build date of 31 October 2003. Named ''Costa Fortuna'' for the

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of the mythological god of the sea

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, the cruise ship entered service on 17 November 2003. The vessel is owned and operated by

and registered in

, Italy. In December 2018, the cruise ship underwent an €8 million, six-day refit in Singapore. Prior to the refit, the vessel was based in China. Following the refit, ''Costa Fortuna'' was to operate out of Genoa. ''Costa Fortuna'' was replaced by in the Chinese market. For the 2020/2021 season, ''Costa Fortuna'' sailed the

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, with stops in Turkey, Greece and Spain. ''Costa Fortuna'' attempted to dock at

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on 6 March 2020, but was denied by Thai officials because it was carrying passengers who had left Italy within the last two weeks due to

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fears. On 7 March, the ship attempted to dock at

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in northern

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, but was denied due to a complete ban on cruise ships. The ship returned to Singapore on 10 March 2020 and all passengers were found well and were allowed to disembark.

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* * {{Costa Cruises Ships of Costa Cruises 2003 ships Ships built by Fincantieri