Flandre, later called Carla C, Carla Costa, and Pallas Athena, was an ocean liner and cruise ship that took passengers on transatlantic voyages and on Caribbean and Mediterranean cruises from 1952 to
The ship as Pallas Athena in 1992
Carla C being re-engined at Amsterdam, October 1974.
Pallas Athena laid up in Perama Bay in 1994 after its fire.
Costa Crociere S.p.A., operating as Costa Cruises, is an Italian cruise line founded in 1948 and organized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc since 2000. Based in Genoa, Italy,
SS Flandre (1951)
…transatlantic voyages and on Caribbean and Mediterranean cruises from 1952 to 1994. She was operated by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT), Costa Cruises, and the Epirotiki Line. Ateliers et Chantiers de France built her in Dunkirk as yard number 206. She was launched on 31 October 1951 and completed in…
Federico C of 1958, Costa's first purpose-built passenger ship.
The Costa Classica, first new build for Costa in over 25 years
Costa Victoria, the final ship completed under the original Costa Cruises