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LOI
Building contract
Building started
4/1/1964Keel laid
21/11/1964Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
22/8/1966Delivered to Costa Armatori, Napoli, Italy
12/10-1/12/1987Refurbished by T Mariotti shipyard
12/1987 New name Eugenio Costa.
1994Liberia flag.
1996Laid up
1996Sold to Bremer Vulkan Shipyard.
12/2/1997Owner Lowline, London, UK
6/1997New name Edinburgh Castle. Operated Direct Cruises.
5/1/1999Arrested in Southampton
5/1999Take over by Cammel Laird Ship yard
4/2000Charter to Premier Cruises, Nassau, Bahamas
4/2000Sailing on 7-night cruises from New York to
New England and Canada (June to Mid-October) and
from Tampa to Mayan Americas (Mid-October to May).
9/2000Premier Cruises went bankrupt
9/2000Laid up at Freeport
5/2005Sold to scrap
5/6/2005Scrapped in Alang, India.