The Italian passenger liner and cruise ship ENRICO COSTA arriving Lisbon on 1 April 1989 still under steam.
The following November she was rebuilt as a motor ship and survived another 12 years being scrapped in Alang in 2001.
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The following November she was rebuilt as a motor ship and survived another 12 years being scrapped in Alang in 2001.
Texto e imagens /Text and images copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia
2 comments:
Por falar em paquetes Italianos, a Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian partilhou esta bela fotografia do Estúdio Horácio Novais, do GIULIO CESARE a sair de Lisboa:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/biblarte/3811333750/sizes/l/
Luis has some nice images of the Enrico C in her final steamship guise on his
site, which was to me actually her poorest era appearance wise with the odd
uneven windowed glassed in Promenade Deck. (Contrast that to how she looked
earlier in the brouchure shot Luis has included while she still had her fully
open Promenade Deck.) Her appearance was actually improved quite a bit with her
motor ship refit, how rare is that? Anyway my question is this, Costa clearly
spent a great deal re-engining her and rebuilding her Promenade Deck yet only
kept her for a relatively short time after that, why?
The Costa ships through the 1960's and 1970's always seemed to be being altered
in some way and deck plans from year to year often showed changes, some large
some small. The Federico C was a case in point as Costa progressively rebuilt
her Third and Tourist areas into more cabin accomodation once she became a full
time cruise ship. This kind of thing increases my interest in that era of Costa
ships. You could find similar evolutionary changes to the Eugenio C, Enrico C
and even the old Andrea C, Costa always seemed to be tinkering with their ships.
Contrast this with P&O who did very little at all over the years beyond say
converting the Grill Room on the Orcades, Oronsay and Orsova into cinemas.
Steve
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