Costa Fortuna
Costa Cruises · Cruise · In service · built by Fincantieri
Costa Fortuna entered service in 2003 at 102,669 GT and has been sold to Margaritaville at Sea, departing the Costa fleet in September 2026.
Derived metrics
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How big is it, really?
The Costa Fortuna's length overall, against things you already know the size of.
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One Costa Fortuna = 1.01 Titanics · 2.6 football pitches · 11 blue whales · 3.6 Boeing 747-8s laid end to end.
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The numbers
| Length overall | 272.19 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | 35.54 m |
| Draught | 8.2 m |
| Gross tonnage | 102,669 GT |
| Deadweight | 8,200 DWT |
| Passengers | ≈3,470 (max) |
| Crew | ≈1,090 |
| Decks | 13 |
| Entered service | November 2003 |
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What makes it different
Costa Fortuna is the oldest and shortest ship in the fleet, and she is on her way out — sold to Paradise Cruise Line Operator and transferring to Margaritaville at Sea in September 2026, after which she re-registers from Genoa to Nassau.
Her interiors are a tribute to the Italian liners of the twentieth century, including scale models of earlier Costa and Italian Line ships suspended in the atrium. It is an unusually self-aware piece of design for a mass-market ship.
Her departure completes a long contraction. Costa ran more than fifteen ships before 2012; the 2026 fleet is eight, after Costa Venezia, Costa Firenze and Costa Luminosa were transferred to Carnival Cruise Line and Costa Magica was sold outright. What remains is younger, larger and built around the two LNG flagships.
The Costa Fortuna line
Fortuna class
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Who operates the Costa Fortuna
All 1 operator of record, verified 2026-07-15. Figures marked ≈ are approximate.
CSTCosta CruisesMediterranean and Northern Europe until September 2026, when she transfers to Margaritaville at Sea.1✓→