Carnival Inspiration

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
Name	Inspiration (1996–2007) Carnival Inspiration (2007–2020)
Operator	Carnival Cruise Line
Port of registry	Panama City, Panama (1996–2000) Nassau, Bahamas (2000–2020) [1][2]
Builder	Kvaerner Masa-Yards Helsinki New Shipyard Helsinki, Finland
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	Call sign: C6FM5 IMO number: 9087489 MMSI number: 309484000
Fate	Sold for scrap in July 2020
Notes	Scrapped in 2022
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Fantasy-class cruise ship
Tonnage	70,367 GT 7,180 DWT
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]

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]