Carnival inspiration

Carnival inspiration

The Carnival Inspiration in Cozumel, 2008

Ship data flag  Bahamas other ship names Inspiration (1996-2007) Ship type Cruise ship class Fantasy class Callsign C6FM5 home port Nassau Shipping company Carnival Cruise Line Shipyard Kværner Masa Yards , Helsinki Build number NB 489 Keel laying June 30, 1993 Launch May 24, 1995 takeover February 22, 1996 Commissioning March 16, 1996 Whereabouts 2020 demolition in Aliağa

Ship dimensions and crew length 262 m ( Lüa ) width 31.5 m Draft Max. 7.85 m measurement 70,367 GT   crew 920

Machine system machine diesel-electric Service speed 18 kn (33 km / h) Top speed 22 kn (41 km / h) Energy supply 2 × Sulzer Wärtsilä 8ZAV40S diesel engines 4 × Sulzer Wärtsila 12ZAV40S diesel engines Generator power 42,240 kW (57,430 hp) propeller 2 × controllable pitch propellers

Transport capacities Load capacity 7,180 dwt Permitted number of passengers 2,634

Others Classifications Lloyd's Register Registration numbers IMO no. 9087489

The Carnival Inspiration was a cruise ship put into service in 1996 as an inspiration , which was last used by the US shipping company Carnival Cruise Line . She was built as the sixth ship in the eight-unit Fantasy class .

history

The ship was built as inspiration under hull number NB 489 in the Kværner Masa Yards shipyard in Helsinki . She was laid down on June 30, 1993. The Fantasy was launched on May 24, 1995 and delivered to the Carnival Cruise Line on February 22, 1996 as the sixth of a total of eight Fantasy- class ships . Godmother was Mary Ann Shula, wife of American football coach Don Shula .

The ship sailed under the Panamanian flag , its home port was Panama . The commissioning took place after the official christening in Miami on March 16, 1996. In 2000 Nassau became the new home port. In January 2005 the ship was modernized.

In 2007, the inspiration received as part of renovation work, like all ships in the fleet of the shipping company Carnival, as a name affix and was now called Carnival Inspiration . After the Carnival Inspiration had previously been stationed in Tampa (Florida), it was from December 2011 Long Beach (California) the starting point of their travels, which mostly had Mexico as their destination.

In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic , Carnival Cruise Line sold the ship in 2020 for demolition in Aliağa (Turkey). The ship was stranded for demolition on August 5, 2020.

Web links

Commons : IMO 9047489  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• the ship on faktaomfartyg.se (Swedish)
• German-language website of Carnival Inspiration at carnivalcruiseline.de

Footnotes

1. ^ Carnival Cruise Line Announces Updates To Fleet Plan. July 23, 2020, accessed on July 23, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2020 Week July 29, 23, 2020, accessed on July 25, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Tevfik Pamukcu: Carnival Inspiration beached in Aliaga Turkey alongside the Carnival Fantasy. youtube.com, August 5, 2020, accessed on August 12, 2020 .