[3] Her keel was laid on 4 January 1964, with Eugenio C being delivered to Costa on 22 August 1966, the same day she set out on her maiden trans-Atlantic voyage.

For ten years she only operated trans-Atlantic voyages between Genoa and South America, until passenger loading dropped rapidly in the 1970s, when Eugenio C began cruising.

[5] Cammell Laird chartered the vessel to Premier Cruises, renaming her The Big Red Boat II and having her go under a ten-month, $25 million USD overhaul.

Premier went into liquidation in September 2000, as a result Cammell Laird briefly chartered her to the United States Government, after which time she was laid up at Freeport, Bahamas[6] alongside fellow ex-Premier fleet mates Rembrandt and Big Red Boat III.

The vessel was renamed Red Boat, stopping in the Azores to refuel before being broken up for scrap at Alang scrapyards.