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Costa Concordia disaster

disaster in which the cruise ship 'Costa Concordia' capsized and sank on 13 January 2012
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Summary

Costa Concordia disaster is a ship collision[1]. It draws 16,449 Wikipedia views per month (ship collision category, ranking #2 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Italy[3]
  • Instance of: grounding[4], shipwrecking[5], capsizing[6]
  • Operator: Costa Cruises[7]
  • Location: Giglio[8]
  • Commons category: January 2012 grounding of the Costa Concordia (ship, 2006)[9]
  • Point in time: January 13, 2012[10]
  • Participant: Francesco Schettino[11]
  • Has cause: human error[12]
  • Number of deaths: 32[13]
  • Facet of: Costa Concordia[14]
  • Number of injured: 64[15]
  • Start point: Civitavecchia[16]
  • Destination point: Savona[17]
  • Vessel: Costa Concordia[18]

Why It Matters

Costa Concordia disaster has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Civitavecchia Costa Cruises Italy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → Costa Concordia
    Instance of → —
    Start point → Civitavecchia
    Number of injured → {'amount': '+64'}
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopædia britannica online id: event/Costa-Concordia-disaster"
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