![]() Carnival Inspiration in Tampa, Florida | |
History | |
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Name |
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Operator | Carnival Cruise Line |
Port of registry |
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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 |
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Fate | Sold for scrap in July 2020 |
Notes | Scrapped in 2022 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class & 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 | |
Propulsion | Two propellers [3] |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) [2] |
Capacity |
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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. [5] 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 would likely be scrapped at Aliağa in Turkey. [9] She made her final voyage from Long Beach and arrived at the Aliağa Yard on August 5, 2020 and by August 26, was being dismantled. [10] Scrapping started on 5 April 2021, and concluded around January 2022.[ citation needed ] Initially she was intended to be broken up at the Ege Çelik yard which complied with the European Ship Recycling Regulation, but on arrival she was transferred to a neighbouring yard called Metas which, though belonging to the same owners, did not meet the EU standard. In an accident on 12 July 2021 a massive explosion within the hull instantly killed one worker, Yılmaz Demir, and caused another, Oğuz Taşkın, near total burns from which he died three days later. [11]