Enrico Costa departing Southampton.(scanned from a 35mm transparency).She was built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Newcastle | ex- Provence built for Société Générale des Transports Maritimes à Vapeur (SGTM), 1960 laid up, 1961 chartered to Costa Line and rebuilt, 1965 purchased renamed Enrico C, 1967 company restyled in Costa Armatori S.p.A., 1987 renamed Enrico Costa, 1994 sold to Starlauro renamed Symphony, 1995 sold to Mediterranean Shipping Co., 2000 sold to Golden Sun Cruises renamed Aegean Spirit, 2001 renamed Ocean Glory I, 2001 sold renamed Classica, 2001 scrapped at Alang.
Vasco Da Gamma arriving at Southampton.In Lisbon on December 4, 1988, a fire broke out in the engine room ,she was towed from Lisbon to Bremerhaven for repair, arriving in December 17, 1988. She was repaired and transferred to Genoa , from where it set off on January 7, 1989 for a cruise around the world.In 1991, the ship was renamed SeaWind Crown for a series of Brazilian cruises for SeaWind Cruises Lines and eventually named SeaWind Crown. In 1997, the shipping companies SeaWind Cruises Lines and Dolphin Cruise Lines merged into Cruise Holdings, Ltd. Both shipping companies should still retain their independence to the outside. A little later, another operator, the Premier Cruise Line, was incorporated into Cruise Holdings, Ltd,from where Premier Cruises appeared .1999 it was chartered by Pullmantur Cruises.In 2000 Premier Cruise Lines ceased trading. In early Dec. 2003,the ship was registered in Batumi,Georgia and renamed Barcelona.On December 28,2003.In February 2004, she was scrapped at the Pan Yu,China.