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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = Club Harmony leaving Kobe Port 20120809-001.jpg
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{{Infobox ship career
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| Ship name = *''Axel Johnson'' (1969–1986)
*''Regent Sun'' (1986)
*''Italia'' (1987)
*''Costa Marina'' (1988–2011)
*''Harmony Princess'' (2011–2012)
*''Club Harmony'' (2012–2014)
*''Harmony 1'' (2014)
| Ship namesake = 
| Ship owner = *Rederi AB Nordstjernan (1969-1987)
*Carnival Corporation & plc (1988-2011)
*Polaris Shipping (2011-2014)
| Ship operator = *Johnson Line (1969-1987)
*Costa Cruises (1988-2011)
*Harmony Cruise (2012-2014)
| Ship registry = *Genoa, {{ITA}} (1988-2011)
*Majuro, {{flag|Marshall Islands}} (2011–2014)
*{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} (2014)
| Ship builder = *[[Company:Wärtsilä|Wärtsilä]] Turku Shipyard, Finland
*Turku, {{wipe|Finland}}
| Ship original cost = 
| Ship launched = 16 January 1969
| Ship completed = June 1969
| Ship maiden voyage = 
| Ship yard number = 1169
| Ship acquired = 1969
| Ship homeport = 
| Ship identification = *Call sign: IBNC
*{{IMO Number|6910544}}
*[[Maritime Mobile Service Identity|MMSI no.:]] 247818000
| Ship fate = Broken up at Alang, India
| Ship notes = <ref name=vesseltracker>{{cite web | title=Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel ''Costa Marina'' | url=http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Costa-Marina-6910544.html | work=VesselTracker | year=2011 | accessdate=31 August 2011}}</ref>
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*{{DWT|6,121}}
| Ship displacement = 
| Ship length = {{convert|571.8|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|84.6|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship height = 
| Ship draught = {{convert|7.9|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship depth = 
| Ship decks = 8 (passenger-accessible)
| Ship speed = {{convert|20.5|kn}}
| Ship capacity = 760 passengers
400 crew
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'''''Club Harmony''''' was a [[Engineering:Cruise ship|cruise ship]], last owned by Polaris Shipping and operated by Harmony Cruises. She was built in 1969 by the [[Company:Wärtsilä|Wärtsilä]] Turku Shipyard in Turku, {{wipe|Finland}} as the [[Engineering:Container ship|container ship]] ''Axel Johnson'' for the Sweden-based Rederi AB Nordstjernan and operated on their Johnson Line services. In 1986 she was sold to Regency Cruises with the intention of being converted into a cruise ship under the name ''Regent Sun'', but she was laid up instead. In 1987 she was sold to  and renamed ''Italia'' but continued laid up. In 1988 the ship was acquired by Costa Cruises, renamed ''Costa Marina'' and rebuilt into a cruise ship at the T. Mariotti shipyard in Genoa, Italy. She entered service as the ''Costa Marina'' in 1990.<ref name=FoF>{{cite web |url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/axel_johnson_1969.htm |title=M/S ''Axel Johnson'' (1969) |last=Asklander |first=Micke |date= |work=Fakta om Fartyg |language=Swedish |accessdate=31 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Piet Sinke | title=Passengerships Cruising in the Mediterranean | url=http://www.ibiblio.org/maritime/Scheepvaartnieuws/Pdf/scheepvaartnieuws/2002/specialeedities/cruise-1.PDF | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060613224212/http://www.ibiblio.org/maritime/Scheepvaartnieuws/Pdf/scheepvaartnieuws/2002/specialeedities/cruise-1.PDF| work=PSi-Daily Shipping News | date=1 November 2002 | archivedate=13 June 2006| accessdate=31 August 2011}}</ref> From 2002 she was marketed more towards German passengers.<ref name=FoF />

[[File:Costa Marina.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Club Harmony as ''Costa Marina'']]
On August 3, 2011 it was announced by parent company Carnival that new ships would be built for Costa to replace their older ships, starting with the ''Costa Marina''.<ref>{{cite press release | title=Carnival Corporation & plc Orders New Ships for Its Costa Cruises and AIDA Cruises Brands | url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/carnival-corporation--plc-orders-new-ships-for-its-costa-cruises-and-aida-cruises-brands-126651498.html | publisher=Carnival Corporation & plc | date=3 August 2011 | accessdate=31 August 2011}}</ref>

The ''Costa Marina'' left the fleet in November 2011, and was initially replaced by Iberocruceros' ''Grand Voyager'' for her Red Sea cruises.<ref>{{cite news | author=Staff writers | title=Costa Marina Leaves Fleet  | url=http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/5862-costa-marina-leaves-fleet.html | work=Cruise Industry News | date=14 July 2011  | accessdate=2 August 2011}}</ref>  ''Costa Marina'' was chartered to South Korea’s Harmony Cruise and renamed ''Harmony Princess'' with Marshall Islands registry, for cruises between Korea and Japan.<ref name="noticiasdecruceros">{{cite web|title=El nuevo destino del Costa Marina|url=http://noticiasdecruceros.com.ar/index.php/2011/11/29/el-nuevo-destino-del-costa-marina/|publisher=Noticias de Cruceros|accessdate=28 April 2012|language=Spanish|date=29 November 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413093849/http://noticiasdecruceros.com.ar/index.php/2011/11/29/el-nuevo-destino-del-costa-marina|archivedate=13 April 2012}}</ref> In 2012, her owners renamed her ''Club Harmony'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://110.45.173.105/www/news/art/2012/03/144_106084.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-06-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20121126195012/http://110.45.173.105/www/news/art/2012/03/144_106084.html |archivedate=2012-11-26 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/05/320_106084.html|title = Club Harmony offers luxurious, yet affordable journey|date = March 2012}}</ref> but she was laid up in January 2013.

In September 2014, she was sold for demolition in India and arrived at Alang the following month as ''Harmony 1''.<ref name=Equasis>{{cite web | title=Equasis vessel folder (free login required) | url=http://www.equasis.org/EquasisWeb/restricted/ShipFop?fs=ShipInfo&IMO=6910544 | accessdate=15 September 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.costacruise.com/B2C/USA/Shopping/Ships/MA/default.htm Costa Cruises]


[[Category:Cruise ships]]

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