Francesco Schettino

Quick Facts

Full Name	Francesco Schettino
Occupation	Ship Captain
Date Of Birth	Nov 14, 1960(1960-11-14)
Age	64
Birthplace	Castellammare di Stabia
Country	Italy
Birth City	Campania
Horoscope	Scorpio

Francesco Schettino Biography

Francesco Schettino is one of the most popular and richest Ship Captain who was born on November 14, 1960 in Castellammare di Stabia, Campania, Italy.

In 2002, Schettino was hired by Costa Crociere (Costa Cruises), a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation. Starting as an official in charge of security, he moved up to become second-in-command. In 2006, Schettino was promoted to captain and given command of the newly launched Costa Concordia. In 2010, as captain of the Costa Atlantica, he entered the port of Warnemünde, Germany, at too high a speed, allegedly causing damage to the AIDAblu, also a Carnival Corporation ship. In 2014, two years after the Costa Concordia disaster, he taught a panic management course at Rome University.

After the accident, Schettino was placed in temporary custody by the prosecutor of Grosseto and released for house arrest on 17 January 2012. On 5 July 2012, Schettino was released from house arrest but mandated to reside in Meta di Sorrento. Prior to Schettino’s trial, Pier Luigi Foschi, at that time chairman of Costa, put blame on the captain as being responsible for deviating from the course and sailing close to Giglio. Costa terminated Schettino’s employment in 2012. The company declined to pay for his legal defense although it first supported him; instead, after a plea bargain with the prosecution, it became a co-plaintiff in the trial against Schettino.

Francesco Schettino Net Worth

Francesco Schettino is one of the richest Ship Captain from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Francesco Schettino 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Francesco Schettino (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko sketˈtiːno] ; born 14 November 1960) is an Italian former sea captain who commanded the cruise ship Costa Concordia when it struck an underwater rock and capsized with the deaths of 32 passengers and crew off the Italian island of Giglio on 13 January 2012. In 2015 he was sentenced to sixteen years in prison.

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Schettino indicated prior to trial that the underwater rocks the ship hit were uncharted, the helmsman did not speak English or Italian, and that the ship’s generators malfunctioned, impeding the rescue effort. Regarding his dry and early departure of the vessel, Schettino had explained that he slipped off the ship when it turned over and fell into a lifeboat. A transcript of a recorded conversation between Schettino and the on-duty Italian Coast Guard captain, Gregorio De Falco, was broadcast across news bulletins. It details a very angry De Falco repeatedly ordering Schettino to leave the lifeboat and return to the stricken Costa Concordia. De Falco clearly does not believe Schettino’s explanation of how he ‘fell’ into the lifeboat, or his excuse for not returning to his vessel because it was “too dark” and the lifeboat had “stopped moving”. At one point, De Falco was so angered at Schettino’s excuses that he told Schettino, “Vada a bordo, cazzo!” (translated as “Get the fuck on board!”, “Get on board, for fuck’s sake!”, or “Get on board, dammit!”). There is no reliable record of Schettino having returned to the Costa Concordia.

Facts & Trivia

Ranked on the list of most popular Ship Captain. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Francesco Schettino celebrates birthday on November 14 of every year.

Where is Francesco Schettino now?

It hasn’t been easy, even among professionals, to have too much sympathy for Francesco Schettino, formerly master of the Costa Concordia, currently serving a 16 year prison sentence in Rome.

Why did Schettino abandon ship?

Schettino, 56, was convicted for shipwreck, manslaughter and abandoning ship after he steered too close to rocks on the Italian island of Giglio on Jan. 13, 2012, while showing off to a Moldovan dancer with whom he was having an affair.

Did Captain Schettino get back on that ship?

The Italian captain of the Costa Concordia ship, Francesco Schettino, has returned to the wreck for the first time as part of his manslaughter trial. The ship hit a reef near the island of Giglio in January 2012 and capsized, with the loss of 32 lives.

What happened to the captain of the cruise ship Concordia?

He remains incarcerated in a prison just outside of Rome , where he is expected to stay until he is around 80 years old. The other crew and officials who were found guilty are Ferrarini and Rusli Bin, Cabin Service Director Manrico Giampedroni, First Officer Ciro Ambrosio and Third Officer Silvia Coronica.

Is the Concordia still in the water?

Despite the calm seas and the proximity to land, 32 people were killed. Now, the wrecked remains of the gigantic ocean liner are being scrapped in the port of Genoa, Italy. Its 50,000 tons of steel are being melted down and will be used in future construction and ship building projects.