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Mediterranea (Adora Cruises)

Cruise ship built in 2003

MediterraneaasCosta Mediterranea leaving the port of Argostoli, Greece
History
Name	Costa Mediterranea (2003–2023) Mediterranea (2023–present)
Owner	Carnival Corporation & plc (2003–2023) CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping (2023-present)
Operator	Costa Cruises (2003-2021) Adora Cruises (2023-present)
Port of registry	Italy, Genoa (2003-2021)  Bahamas, Nassau (2021-present)
Route	Cruising from Tianjin, China on international routes (2023-present)
Builder	Kværner Masa-Yards Helsinki New Shipyard, Finland
Yard number	502
Laid down	1 October 2000
Completed	27 May 2003
Maiden voyage	2003-2023 (Costa Mediterranea) 2023-present (Mediterranea)
In service	2003-2023 (Costa Mediterranea) 2023-present (Mediterranea)
Identification	IMO number: 9237345 Call sign: IBCF (2003), C6FE7 (2023) MMSI number: 311001086 (2023)
Status	In active service
Notes	[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Spirit-class cruise ship
Tonnage	85,619 GT 53,437 NT 7,500 DWT
Length	292.5 m (959 ft 8 in)
Beam	32.2 m (105 ft 8 in)
Draught	8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Depth	13.6 m (44 ft 7 in)
Decks	12
Propulsion	Twin propellers
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Capacity	2,114 passengers (normal) 2,680 passengers (maximum)
Crew	912
Notes	[1]

Mediterranea is a Spirit-class 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.

Costa Mediterranea was completed in 2003 as at the Kvaerner Masa-Yards Helsinki New Shipyard, Finland at a cost of over €400 million. Like sister ship Costa Atlantica, her design was derived from Carnival Cruise Line's Spirit-class ships. On 16 June 2003 she departed on her maiden voyage from GenoatoSpain 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 make a port call to the Passenger Port of St. PetersburginSaint Petersburg, Russia.^[2]

Costa Mediterranea was dry docked for a €4 million refurbishment at the Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo from 21 November to 4 December 2013.^[3]

In 2021, Costa Mediterranea was transferred to CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping.^[4] 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.^[5]

• Media related to IMO 9237345 at Wikimedia Commons
• "Costa Mediterranea official page". Costa Cruises. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
• "Cruise ship Costa Mediterranea in Yalta, Ukraine". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
• Galutschek, Ernst. "Video clips of Costa Mediterranea 2005, 2018". shipvideos.net. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
• Miramar Ship Index – Costa Mediterranea