Scrapped cruise ship
History
Name Inspiration (1996–2007) Carnival Inspiration (2007–2020)
Operator Carnival Cruise Line
Port of registry [ 1] [ 2]
Builder
Cost $ 270 million[ 3]
Yard number 489
Christened March 16, 1996
Completed 1996
Acquired February 22, 1996
Maiden voyage March 22, 1996[ 2]
In service 1996
Out of service 2020
Refit 2007
Identification
Fate Sold for scrap in July 2020
Notes Beached for scrap
General characteristics [ 1]
Class and type Fantasy -class cruise ship
Tonnage
Length 260.60 m (855 ft 0 in)
Beam 31.50 m (103 ft 4 in)
Draft 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in)
Decks 14 (accessible to passengers)[ 2]
Installed power 2 × Sulzer -Wärtsilä 8ZAV40S 4 × Sulzer-Wärtsilä 12ZAV40S 42,240 kW (combined)
Propulsion Two propellers[ 3]
Speed 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)[ 2]
Capacity 2,056 passengers (lower berths) 2,610 passengers (all berths)[ 4]
Crew 920[ 3]
Carnival Inspiration (formerly Inspiration ) was a Fantasy -class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line . Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki , Finland, she was floated out on April 1, 1996, and christened as Inspiration by Mary Anne Shula. During 2007, in common with all of her Fantasy -class sisters, she had the prefix Carnival added to her name[ 6] and had some passenger areas and facilities were refurbished.[ 7]
In July 2020, Carnival sold Carnival Inspiration , along with her sister ship Carnival Fantasy .[ 8] Cruise Radio reported that Carnival Inspiration will likely be scrapped in Turkey.[ 9] She made her final voyage from Long Beach and arrived at Aliağa on August 5, 2020[1] and by August 26, was being dismantled.[ 10] Scrapping started on her on 5 April 2021, and concluded around January 2022.[citation needed ]
References
Bibliography
Notes
^ a b Asklander, Micke. "M/S Inspiration (1996)" . Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved March 31, 2008 .
^ a b c d "cruisecontinental.com" . Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2018 .
^ a b c Ward, Douglas (2006). Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships . Singapore: Berlitz. pp. 356–357 . ISBN 981-246-739-4 .
^ "Carnival Inspiration Fact Sheet" . carnival-news.com . Retrieved September 7, 2018 .
^ Dake, Shawn J. (January 2008). "Cruise Ships 2007 the year in review" (PDF) . Ocean Times . 12 (1). Steamship Historical Society of America: Southern California Chapter: 2– 8.
^ "A "Fun Ship" Reborn" . October 15, 2007. Retrieved September 1, 2013 .
^ "CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE ANNOUNCES UPDATES TO FLEET PLAN – Carnival Cruise Line News" . Carnival . Retrieved July 23, 2020 .
^ Parker, Doug (July 17, 2020). "Carnival Inspiration Reportedly Sold, Heads to Cruise Scrapyard" . CruiseRadio . Retrieved July 29, 2020 .
^ "Carnival Imagination likely on voyage to cruise ship graveyard" . Travel Weekly . August 26, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2020 .
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Former ships
Empress classFestivale classTropicale classHoliday classFantasy class