Annie Johnson

Built at Wärtsilä Shipyard, Åbo, Finland as new construction, hull number 1170. She was launched in April 1, 1969 and delivered in September 1, 1969. She was sold in January 6, 1986 to the Greek ships owner Antonis Lelakis and his Regency Cruises and registered on Peleus Marine Co, Cyprus. The plan was to convert her into the modern cruiser ship Regent Moon, but things didn´t quite happen that way and the ship was sold the same year to Naples´ Mediterranean Shipping Company and registered on Compania Naviera Panalexandra Sa, and she went back to hauling boxes renamed to Alexandra. With some prodding from the Italian government Costa Crociere bought the ship and she entered the T.Mariotti yards in Genoa in 1990, and between 1990-1992 she was converting to a beautiful cruiser ship with four new powerful engines Wärtsilä 6R46 at 19.123 kW. at 450 rpm. and lengthening with 13,5 meter. Her name was under the rebuilding Costa Azzurra. Then she was launched she renamed to Costa Allegra and she leave the shipyard in December 1992 for Costa Cruise Lines N.V. She was from the beginning equipped with two Wärtsiläbuilt Pielstick engine 16PC2-V and two 12PC2-V delivering 19.136 kW. She was at 16080 tons d.w. and had a speed at 23 knot.

Length Over All	165.47 m
Beam	25,83 m
Depth	10,08 m
Gross Tonnage	16288
Net. Registered Tonnage	10154
Deadweight Tonnage	16080
Speed	23 knots

Built	Wärtsilä, Åbo
Year	1969
Converted	T. Mariotti, Genua
Year	1990-1992
Owner	Costa Cruises Lines N.V.
Christened by	Ms. Adrienne Greene
Built as	Annie Johnson
Registered in	Liberia
Tonage	30,000 ton
Length	187,5 m
Beam	25,75 m
Draft	8,5 m
Cruising speed	22 knots
Crew size	450
Passenger decks	8
Number of staterooms	405
Passenger normal	800
Passenger maximum	1,066