{{Short description|Cruise ship built in 2003}} {{Infobox ship | display_title = ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = Croisiére COSTA MEDITERRANEA au port à Casablanca.jpg | image_caption = ''Adora Mediterranea'' as ''Costa Mediterranea'' in Port of Casablanca, Morocco on May 6, 2018 }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = *''Costa Mediterranea'' (2003–2023) *''Mediterranea'' (2023–2024) *''Adora Mediterranea'' (2024–present) | flag = {{flag|Bahamas}} | owner = *Carnival Corporation & plc (2003-2023) *Adora Cruises (2023-present) | operator = *Costa Cruises (2003-2021) *Adora Cruises (2023-present) | registry = *{{flag|Italy}}, Genoa (2003-2021) *{{flag|Bahamas}}, Nassau (2021-present) | route = Cruising from Tianjin, China on international routes (2023-present) | ordered = | builder = *Kværner Masa-Yards *Helsinki New Shipyard, Finland | original_cost = | yard_number = 502 | way_number = | laid_down = 1 October 2000 | launched = | completed = 27 May 2003 | christened = | acquired = | maiden_voyage = 16 June 2003 | in_service = 2003-Present | out_of_service = | identification = *{{IMO Number|9237345}} *Call sign: IBCF (2003), C6FE7 (2023) *{{MMSI|311001086}} (2023) | fate = | status = In active service | notes = <ref name=vesseltracker/> }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = {{sclass|Spirit|cruise ship}} | type = | tonnage = *{{GT|85,619}} *{{NetT|53,437}} *{{DWT|7,500}} | displacement = | length = {{convert|292.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|32.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | height = | draught = {{convert|8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | depth = {{convert|13.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | decks = 12 | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | sail_plan = | power = | propulsion = Twin propellers | speed = {{convert|24|kn}} | capacity = *2,114 passengers (normal) *2,680 passengers (maximum) | crew = 912 | notes = <ref name=vesseltracker>{{cite web | title=Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel ''Costa Mediterranea'' | url=http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Costa-Mediterranea-9237345.html | work=VesselTracker | date=10 May 2011 | access-date=10 September 2011}}</ref> }} }}
'''''Adora Mediterranea''''' is a {{sclass|Spirit|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 as '''''Mediterranea''''', then as ''Adora Mediterranea'' beginning in 2024.
==Costa Line== ''Costa Mediterranea'' was launched on 24 September 2002, and completed on 22 May 2003 at the Kvaerner Masa-Yards' Helsinki New Shipyard, Finland<ref name=Miramar>{{cite ship register|register=MSI|id=9237345|shipname=Costa Mediterranea|access-date=2024-08-18}}</ref><ref name="20 Years">{{cite news |title=Costa Mediterranea Turns 20 Years Old |url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2023/05/costa-mediterranea-turns-20-years-old/ |access-date=18 August 2024 |work=Cruise Industry News |date=22 May 2023 |location=Charlotte, NC}}</ref> at a cost of over €400 million. Like sister ship {{ship||Costa Atlantica}}, her design was derived from Carnival Cruise Line's ''Spirit''-class ships.<ref name="20 Years" /> She was christened by Spanish model and actress Inés Sastre,<ref name="20 Years" /> and on 16 June 2003 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 call at the new passenger port in Saint Petersburg, Russia.<ref name="Port ">{{cite web|url=http://www.mfspb.ru/port.html |title=Port |publisher=Marine Facade Management Company |language=Russian |access-date=10 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519171453/http://www.mfspb.ru/port.html |archive-date=May 19, 2009 }}</ref>
''Costa Mediterranea'' was dry docked for a €4 million refurbishment at the Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo from 21 November to 4 December 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cruisemiss.com/2013/11/21/costa-mediterranea-enters-drydock-for-e4-million-refurbishment/ |title=Costa Mediterranea Enters Drydock For €4 Million Refurbishment |website=cruisemiss.com |date=November 21, 2013 |access-date=October 16, 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123070642/http://cruisemiss.com:80/2013/11/21/costa-mediterranea-enters-drydock-for-e4-million-refurbishment/ |archive-date=2013-11-23 }}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=blogs not usually RS|date=August 2024}}
==Adora Cruises== In 2021, ''Costa Mediterranea'' was transferred to CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/21632-five-ships-to-leave-costa-fleet-by-may-2021.html |title=Five Ships to Leave Costa Fleet by May 2021 |publisher=Cruise Industry News |location=Charlotte, NC |date=26 September 2019 |access-date=28 September 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2023/10/former-costa-mediterranea-enters-service-for-adora-cruises/ | title=Former Costa Mediterranea Enters Service for Adora Cruises| publisher=Cruise Industry News |location=Charlotte, NC |date=2 October 2023 |access-date=28 September 2019}}</ref> Renamed ''Adora Mediterranea'' in July 2024, the ship is scheduled to transfer to Nansha, Guangzhou as home port in December.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Si |first1=Katherine |title=Adora Cruises to deploy Adora Mediterranea in South China |url=https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/ports-destinations/adora-cruises-deploy-adora-mediterranea-south-china |access-date=18 August 2024 |work=Seatrade Cruise News |date=9 August 2024 |location=Colchester}}</ref>
On 14 August 2024, in the port of Jeju, South Korea, the ship suffered a fire in a mechanical space, and three crewmembers were injured by smoke inhalation. After the fire was extinguished, inspections delayed the departure until the following day, and the scheduled call at Fukuoka, Japan was cancelled.<ref>{{cite news |title=Three Injured in Fire on Chinese-Owned Cruise Ship |url=https://maritime-executive.com/article/three-injured-in-fire-on-chinese-owned-cruise-ship |access-date=18 August 2024 |work=Maritime Executive |date=15 August 2024 |location=Vero Beach, FL}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{commons category-inline}} * {{cite web |title=''Costa Mediterranea'' official page |url=http://www.costacruise.com/usa/costa_mediterranea.html |publisher=Costa Cruises |access-date=10 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019014424/http://www.costacruise.com/usa/costa_mediterranea.html |archive-date=19 October 2017 |url-status=dead}} * {{cite web |title=Cruise ship ''Costa Mediterranea'' in Yalta, Ukraine |url=http://mapofukraine.net/crimean_peninsula/yalta/costa-mediterranea-cruise-ship-in-yalta.html |access-date=10 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022182451/http://mapofukraine.net/crimean_peninsula/yalta/costa-mediterranea-cruise-ship-in-yalta.html |archive-date=22 October 2020 |url-status=usurped}} * {{cite web |last1=Galutschek |first1=Ernst |title=Video clips of ''Costa Mediterranea'' 2005, 2018 |url=https://shipvideos.net/video/venezia_2005/costa_mediterranea_arrives_in_venice/ |website=shipvideos.net |access-date=10 January 2024 }} * [http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/list?search_op=OR&IDNo=9237345 Miramar Ship Index – ''Costa Mediterranea'']
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