Costa Allegra

Costa Allegra in Split, Croatia, 27 October 2011
Name:	Annie Johnson (1969–1986) Regent Moon (1986–1988) Alexandra (1988–1992) Costa Allegra (1992–2012) Santa Cruise (2012)
Owner:	Rederi AB Nordstjernan (1969-1986) Regency Cruises (1986-1988) Compania Naviera Panalexandra (1988-1990) Costa Crociere (1990-2012) Themis Maritime Ltd (2012)
Operator:	Rederi AB Nordstjernan (1969–1986) Costa Crociere (1992–2012)
Port of registry:	,  Sweden (1969–1986) Limassol,  Cyprus (1986–1988) Panama City,  Panama (1988–1990) Naples,  Italy (1990–1994) Monrovia,  Liberia (1994–2000) Genoa,  Italy (2000–2012) Freetown,  Sierra Leone (2012)
Builder:	Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard, Turku, Finland (original) T. Mariotti, Genoa, Italy (rebuild)
Yard number:	1170
Launched:	29 April 1969
Acquired:	4 December 1969
Refit:	1986–1992
Identification:	Call sign: ICRA IMO number: 6916885 MMSI no.: 247816000
Fate:	Scrapped in 2012
Notes:
General characteristics (as built)
Type:	Container ship
Tonnage:	16,289 GRT 10,155 NRT 16,080 DWT
Length:	174.20 m (571.5 ft)
Beam:	25.75 m (84.5 ft)
Draught:	10.39 m (34.1 ft)
Installed power:	2 × Wärtsilä-Pielstick 16PC2V 2 × Wärtsilä-Pielstick 12PC2V 19,139 kW (combined)
Propulsion:	Two controllable pitch propellers
Speed:	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Capacity:	744 TEU 12 passengers
Crew:	30
General characteristics (1992)
Type:	Cruise ship
Tonnage:	28,430 GT 11,973 NT 7,391 DWT
Length:	187.69 m (615.8 ft)
Beam:	25.75 m (84.5 ft)
Draught:	8.20 m (26.9 ft)
Decks:	8 (passenger accessible)
Installed power:	4 × Wärtsilä 6R46 19,123 kW (combined)
Propulsion:	Two propellers
Speed:	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Capacity:	820 passengers (lower berths) 1,072 passengers (all berths)

Costa Allegra, ex-Annie Johnson was a cruise ship owned by the Italy-based Costa Crociere, one of many subsidiaries owned by Costa's parent company Carnival Corporation. She was built in 1969 by the Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard in Turku, Finland, as a container ship for the Sweden-based Rederi AB Nordstjernan. In 1986 she was sold to Regency Cruises with the intention of being converted into a cruise ship as Regent Moon, but she was laid up instead. In 1988 she was sold to Compania Naviera Panalexandra and renamed Alexandra but continued laid up. In 1990, the ship was acquired by Costa Cruises and rebuilt into a cruise ship at the T. Mariotti shipyard in Genoa, Italy. She entered service as Costa Allegra in 1992.

Costa Allegra suffered a generator fire while off the coast of Africa approximately 200 miles southwest of the Seychelles on 27 February 2012 and was taken into tow toward the island of Mahé in the Seychelles Islands the following day, a journey of several days. She was later renamed Santa Cruise and sold for breaking in Aliaga, Turkey. Prior to beaching at the scrapyard, her yellow funnel, a trademark of Costa Crociere, was painted white.

Annie Johnson was the second in a series of five container ships built by the Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard in Finland for the Swedish shipping company Rederi AB Nordstjernan. She was launched on 29 April 1969 and delivered to her owners on 4 December of the same year, entering service on the same date.