Carnival Inspiration
Scrapped cruise ship
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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]
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 | |
| 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] |
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]
