Carnival Conquest
| 300px Carnival Conquest at Grand Cayman on January 5, 2006. | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Carnival Conquest |
| Owner: | Carnival Corporation & PLC |
| Operator: | Carnival Cruise Lines |
| Port of registry: | 22x20px Panama[1] |
| Ordered: | August 4, 1998 [2] |
| Builder: | Fincantieri (Monfalcone, Italy) |
| Cost: | US $500 million[1] |
| Christened: | November 19, 2002 by Lindy Claiborne Boggs in New Orleans[3] |
| Maiden voyage: | November 12, 2002[4] |
| In service: | December 2002[1]-present |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9198355[5] Call Sign 3FPQ9[5] MMSI 357657000[6] |
| Status: | In Active Service as of 2010 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Conquest Class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 110,000 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 952 ft (290.2 m) |
| Beam: | 116 ft (35.4 m) |
| Height: | 208 ft (63.4 m)[4] |
| Draft: | 27 ft (8.2 m)[1] |
| Decks: | 13 decks[1] |
| Installed power: | 2 diesel-electric propellers (63,400kW each)[1] |
| Speed: | 22.5-knot (42 km/h; 26 mph)[1] |
| Capacity: | 2,974 passengers |
| Crew: | 1,150 crew |
Carnival Conquest is a Conquest-class cruise ship owned and operated by Carnival Cruise Lines. Sixty percent of her staterooms have ocean views, and sixty percent of those (37% of all cabins) have balconies.[7] Carnival Conquest cruises the Western Caribbean from the port of Galveston, Texas. The ship's interior decor is of a French Impressionist style designed to complement her original port city of New Orleans. Carnival Conquest was renovated in 2009, receiving a new Circle “C” club (for 12- to 14-year-olds) and a large outdoor LED screen. Eighteen ocean view staterooms were given balconies during this process. [8]
The Godmother of the Carnival Conquest is Lindy Boggs, a former US Congresswoman for Louisiana.[citation needed]
Starting in late 2011 The Carnival Conquest will be moved from Galveston to New Orleans and making voyages of 6, 7, 8 Western Caribbean and 7 Day Eastern Caribbean[9]
Gallery
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Carnival Conquest anchored at Grand Cayman.
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Carnival Conquest anchored at Riviera Maya.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Ward, Douglas (2005). Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. ISBN 981-246-510-3.
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20000108023201/carnival.com/PressReleases/CarnivalCorpContTwo102KTonVessels.asp
- ↑ "Lindy Boggs to christen Carnival ship". South Florida Business Journal. 2002-10-10. http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2002/10/07/daily105.html. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Carnival Conquest, other ships might call Coast new home: Sagging power lines in New Orleans a contributing factor for move.". Access my Library. Mississippi Business Journal. 2002-12-23. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9989205_ITM. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 United States Coast Guard (USCG). "Carnival Conquest". Port State Information Exchange. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. http://psix.uscg.mil/PSIX/PSIXDetails.aspx?VesselID=600398.
- ↑ "Carnival Conquest (IMO: 9198355)". vesseltracker.com. http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Carnival-Conquest-9198355.html. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ↑ "Carnival Conquest - Destination Oceans". Destination Oceans. http://www.destinationoceans.com/Cruise-Resources/Lines/Carnival-Cruise-Lines/Carnival-Conquest.cfm. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ↑ "Circle 'C' Club, Seaside Theatre, New Balconies Added to Carnival Conquest During Extensive Renovation". Carnival Cruise Lines. 2009-02-06. http://www.carnival.com/CMS/Articles/conquest_refurb.aspx. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
- ↑ http://www.carnival.com/cms/fun/ships/carnival_conquest/default.aspx?shipCode=CQ
External links
| Carnival Conquest
]]- Carnival Conquest Official Page (Carnival site)
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