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                                                     History

 

 

Building contract  
Keel laid  
29/4/1969 Launch  
12/1969 Delivered to Rederi Ab Nordstjernan, Sweden  
   
8/8/1986 Sold to Regency Cruises. New name Regent Moon. Ctprus flag.  
Regency Cruises had plan to rebuild ship to cruise ship, but plans were never realised.  
late 1986 Laid up on Perama, Greece  
5/1988 Sold to Compania Naviera Panalexandra, New name Alexandra, Panama flag.  
Laid up on Perama, Greece.  
1990 Sold to Costa Crosiere S.P.A.  
9/ 1990 -23/11/1992 Totaly rebuild from General cargo ship to Cruise ship on T.Mariotti Shipyard, Genoa, Italy  
Ship had building time name Costa Azzurra.  
11/1992 New name Costa Allegra and Italian flag.  
23/11/1992 Maiden voyage from Genoa to St. Thomas in the Caribbean.  
winter 1992/1993 Cruises on Caribbean  
   
1994 New flag Liberia.  
   
   
summer 1998 10 nigths Baltic Sea cruises and 13 nigths North Cape cruises from Amsterdam  
autumn 1998 7 nigth cruises from Genova to Spain and Portugal  
4/5/1999 Cruise from Genoa to Amsterdam  
10/5/1999 10 nigth cruises to Baltic Sea and 11-13 nigth cruises to Fjords / North Cape / Spitzbergen from Amsterdam  
5/9/1999 Cruise from Amsterdam to Genoa  
13/9-11/10 1999 7 nigths cruises from Genova to Spain and Portugal  
5-11/2000 From Genoa 11 nigths Black Sea cruises, 11 nigths Egypt, Israel, Greece cruises , 11 nigths Canary Islands cruises  
4-10/2001 From Genoa 11 nigths Black Sea cruises, 10 nigths Egypt, Israel, Greece cruises , 11 nigths Canary Islands cruises  
   
   
   
   
   
   
2006 Refurbished interior  
2006 > Cruises on from Singapore and Hong Kong  
   
   
   
   
Winter 2009/2010 Two week cruises from Singapore  
4/2010 Cruises from Singapore to Mediterranean  
6/2010 7 nigth Mediterranean cruises from Civitavecchia  
   
   
   
27/2/2012 Fire on engineroom on voyage from Madagasgar to Seychelles . Crew extinquish fire , but ship lost all power.  
1/3/2012 Ship towed to Seychelles' main island of Mahe.