| Name: | PROVENCE |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/08/1950 |
| Completed: | 02/1951 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1874 |
| Dimensions: | 15889grt, 9103nrt, 8156dwt, 554.3 x 73.2 x 30.8ft |
| Engines: | 6 x Steam turbines, SR geared; |
| (1990: 2 x Vee Oil engines, 4SA, 16cyl (320 x 350mm)16099bhp) | |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend; (1990: Wartsila Diesel Oy, Vasa) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 18.5knots |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 02/1951 | Soc Générale de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur, Marseille |
| 1965 | Giacomo Costa fu Andrea, Genoa; renamed ENRICO C |
| 1970 | Costa Armatori SpA, Genoa |
| 1987 | Renamed ENRICO COSTA |
| 1989 | Costa Crociere SpA, Naples |
| 1994 | Navitalia SrL, Piraeus; renamed SYMPHONY |
| 2000 | Renamed AEGEAN SPIRIT |
| 2001 | Renamed OCEAN GLORY I |
| 2001 | Cruise Holdings Ltd, Panama; renamed CLASSICA |
| 04/11/2001 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Built for the France to South America service |
| Accommodation for 1563 x passengers | |
| 1990: Re-engined as motor ship | |
| 04/11/2001: Beached at Alang for breaking up by Goyal Traders |
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Above photo as PROVENCE is copyright of S Baudelaire
Above photo as ENRICO COSTA is copyright of Marco Schoone
Above photo as ENRICO COSTA is copyright of R Aether
Above photo as SYMPHONY is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as AEGEAN SPIRIT is copyright of Gordon Dalzell
Above photo as OCEAN GLORY I is copyright of Paul Strathdee
Above photo as OCEAN GLORY I is copyright of Paul Strathdee
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