CostaRiviera

 

 

CostaRiviera was completed in 1963 as Guglielmo Marconi for Lloyd Triestino's Genoa - Sydney service. In 1976, Guglielmo Marconi was transferred to the Naples-Brazil-River Plate service of Italia Line. In 1979 she was transferred to Italia Crociere as a fulltime cruise ship. This was not a success and she was sold to Costa in 1983.

 

After a two-year rebuild, she reappeared as the CostaRiviera, although the changes in her appearance were not for the better. CostaRiviera alternated between Caribbean and Alaskan cruising until 1993. In this year American Family Cruises was launched, a joint venture between Costa and Bruce Nierenburg, to operate cruises aimed at young American families with children. AFC were not successful, and the ship sailed for Genoa in September 1994 where she was converted back to the CostaRiviera, and began cruising in Europe.

 

Company names (Costa Lines/Cruising/Crociere etc) follow the usage on the card shown.

 

Links to Associated Pages:-

Guglielmo Marconi - Postcard Gallery of the earlier history of CostaRiviera

Galileo/Meridian/Sun Vista - CostaRiviera's sistership

Costa Line - Linea "C" - Page 1: Costa Ocean Liners

Costa Line - Linea "C" - Page 2: Costa Cruise Ships

Carnival Cruise Line

Cruise Ship Postcards

Ocean Liner Postcards

Simplon Postcards Home Page

 

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An official Costa Crociere card of CostaRiviera, printed by G.Martelli, Genova.

 

An official Costa card of CostaRiviera, printed by G.Martelli, Genova.

 

An official Costa Cruises card of CostaRiviera, serial no.1148 12/94.

 

An official Costa Cruises card of CostaRiviera.

 

An official Costa Cruises card of CostaRiviera.

 

An official Costa Cruises card of CostaRiviera.

 

Two recent official Costa Cruises postcards of CostaRiviera, in the attractive series of Costa cards with white borders.

 

 

Florida Impressions card 435 of CostaRiviera and Canberra.

 

Alfred Galea Zammit card G591-9 of CostaRiviera at Grand Harbour, Malta

 

Chantry Classics postcard CC/S132 of CostaRiviera at Fort Everglades.

Photographed by A.O.Wilhelmi III.

 

An official American Family Cruises card of American Adventure.

 

 

 

 

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