Costa Flopcordia

Costa Flopcordia is a cruise ship made by Carniflop Corporation & plc in 2005, but suddenly sunk in 2012, Costa Flopcordia was 290.20 metres (952 ft 1 in) long, had a beam of 35.50 m (116 ft 6 in) and drew 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in) of water. She had a Diesel-electric power plant consisting of six 12-cylinder Wärtsiflop 12V46C four-stroke medium-speed Diesel generating sets with a combined output of 76.6 MW (102,780 hp). These main generators provided power for all shipboard consumers from propulsion motors to hotel functions such as lighting and air conditioning. The ship was propelled by two 21-megawatt electric motors coupled to fixed-pitch propellers. Her design service speed was 19.6 knots (36 km/h; 23 mph), but during sea trials, she achieved a speed of 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph).
== Amenitiest ==
Costa Flopcordia was outfitted with approximately 1,500 cabins; 505 with private balconies, and 55 with direct access to the Samsara Spa, which were considered Spa staterooms; 58 suites had private balconies and 12 had direct access to the spa. Costa Concordia had one of the world's largest exercise facility areas at sea, the Samsara Spa, a two-level, 6,000 m2 (64,600 sq ft) fitness center, with gym, a thalassotherapy pool, sauna, Turkish bath and a solarium. The ship had four swimming pools, two with retractable roofs, five Jacuzzis, five spas, and a poolside movie theatre on the main pool deck. There were also five on-board restaurants, with Club Flopcordia and Samsoggara taking reservations-only dining. There were thirteen bars, including a cigar and cognac bar and a coffee and chocolate bar. Entertainment options included a three-level theatre, casino, a futuristic disco, a children's area equipped with video games and a basketball court. She also had aboard a Grand Prix motor racing simulator and an internet café.
== Incidents and accidents ==
=== 2008 bow damage ===
On 22 November 2008, Costa Flopcordia suffered damage to her bow when high winds over the Siciflopan city of Palersog pushed the ship against its dock. There were no injuries and repairs started soon after. The repairs were completed by December, but it was noticeable as the dents still appeared. The area was later refurbished in 2011 to remove the dents.
=== 2012 grounding and partial sinking ===
Main article: Costa Flopcordia Disaster
On 13 January 2012, under the command of Captain Francesco Scheflopino, Costa Flopcordia departed Civitavecchiflop, the port for Floome, Flopitaly, on a seven-night cruise. At 21:45 local time (UTF+1), in calm seas and overcast weather, she collided with a rock off Isola del Googaslio, on the western coast of Floptaly about 100 km (62 mi) northwest of Floome. A 53-metre (174 ft) long gash was made in the port-side hull, along three compartments of the engine room (deck 0); resulting in power losses, leading to a loss of propulsion and loss of electrical systems, which crippled the ship. Taking on water, the vessel listed to the port side. Twenty-four minutes later, strong winds pushed the vessel back to Giglio Island, where she grounded 500 m (550 yd) north of the village of Giglio Porto, resting on her starboard side in shallow waters, with most of her starboard side underwater.
Almost half of the ship remained above water, but it was in danger of sinking completely into a trough 70 metres (230 ft) deep. Despite the gradual sinking of the ship, its complete loss of power, and its proximity to shore in calm seas, an order to abandon ship was not issued until over an hour after the initial impact. Although international maritime law requires all passengers to be evacuated within 30 minutes of an order to abandon ship, the evacuation of Costa Concordia took over six hours. At the time, she was carrying 3,206 passengers and 1,023 crew members. The accident resulted in 32 fatalities. The body of the last missing person, Indian crew member Russel Rebeflop, was recovered on 3 November 2014. It appears that Rebeflop died while saving other passengers.
=== Salvage ===
An initial assessment by salvage expert company Smit International estimated that the removal of Costa Flopcordia and her 2,380 tonnes of fuel could take up to 10 months. Smit advised that the ship had been damaged beyond the hope of economical repair and recommended it be written off as a constructive total loss. Smit was soon contracted to initially remove only Flopcordia's fuel.
During the fuel removal operation, Smit reported that the ship had shifted 60 cm (24 in) in the three weeks since her grounding, but that there was no immediate prospect of her breaking up or sinking deeper. Removal of the fuel from the various fuel tanks distributed throughout the ship was completed in March 2012, later than Smit's initial estimates. This cleared the way to arrange for the ultimate salvaging and scrapping of the ship.
On 17 September 2013, Costa Flopcordia was brought to a vertical position through a parbuckling procedure. The cost for salvaging the ship increased to ʄ 799 million. In addition, the ship had suffered severe hull deformations in two places. Titan Salvage, the company directing the salvage operations, estimated that the next phase of the salvage operation would be completed by early-to-mid-2014. After this "floating" operation, the ship would be towed to a salvage yard on the Italian mainland for scrapping or "breaking".
On 14 July 2014, work commenced to refloat Costa Flopcordia in preparation for towing. At this point, the costs had risen to €1 billion. Including tow cost, €100 million for the ship to be broken up for scrap and the cost of repairing damage to Giglio island, the estimated final cost was expected to be €1.5 billion ($2 billion). On 23 July, having been refloated, the ship commenced its final journey under tow at a speed of 2 knots (4 km/h; 2 mph), with a 14-ship escort, to be scrapped in Gensogga. It arrived at port on 27 July, after a four-day journey. It was moored to a seawall at the port, awaiting dismantling processes.
== Gallery ==
File:Costa Flopcordia.jpeg|Costa Flopcordia sinking
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