Carnival Legend

Carnival Legend at St. Maarten in April 2007.
Career
Name:	Carnival Legend
Owner:	Carnival Corporation & PLC[citation needed]
Operator:	Carnival Cruise Lines
Port of registry:	Panama
Delivered:	August 14, 2002
Builder:	Kvaerner Masa-Yards (Finland)
Cost:	US $375 million
Launched:	December 17, 2001
Christened:	August 21, 2002 by Dame Judi Dench in Essex
Completed:	2002
In service:	August 2002 -present
Identification:	IMO number: 9224726 Call Sign H3VT
Status:	In Active Service as of 2010
General characteristics
Class and type:	Spirit Class cruise ship
Tonnage:	88,500 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	963 ft (294 m)
Beam:	105.6 ft (32.2 m)
Draft:	25.5 ft (7.8 m)
Decks:	12 decks
Installed power:	2 diesel-electric propellers (62,370kW each)
Propulsion:	2 azimuthing pods (17.6MW each)
Speed:	22-knot (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Capacity:	2,124 passengers
Crew:	930 crew

Carnival Legend is a Spirit class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Lines. It was built by Kvaerner Masa-Yards which was a subsidiary of Kvaerner, in Helsinki, Finland. It was launched on December 17, 2001, and delivered to Carnival on 14 August, 2002.

Carnival Legend currently offers a 7-day cruise to the Western Caribbean from Tampa, FL. Eighty percent of the staterooms have ocean views and eighty percent of those have private balconies.

Issues

On August 21, 2002, during the christening ceremony, Judi Dench took three attempts to smash the bottle against the ship's hull, aided by ship's captain Claudio Cupisci. The third attempt successfully smashed the bottle but the force sent the flowing champagne all over her. She took the soaking in good spirits and announced "I am godmother to 13 godchildren and a god-dog - now I'm godmother to a great ship."

On July 13, 2005, Carnival Legend left Tortola and was heading back to New York City. At 5:10 PM, the ship suddenly listed 14 degrees to the port side while making a hard starboard turn, resulting in some minor injuries. The crew came on to the intercom a few minutes later to announce to passengers that there had been a computer glitch. Crew members indicated that a list of that degree was without precedent in their experience. Passengers were not compensated for spilled drinks, etc.

On August 3, 2005, around 10 pm, heavy smoke was seen coming from the lower levels towards the bow of the ship. In minutes, there was an announcement for everyone to proceed to the upper, open decks. The Cruise Director announced "there was a problem in the engine room and that something had overheated". People had to stay put for over an hour. No real explanation or compensation was given.

During the May 20, 2006 cruise, Ramesh Krishnamurthy, age 35, from Plumstead, Pennsylvania, was presumed dead after jumping off the Carnival Legend at 1 am on Saturday, May 27, 2006. He was reported jumping out of his balcony room, 6227, after an argument with his wife in front of his children, 450 miles northeast of Florida. Foul play is not suspected, and he was believed to have been under the influence. The ship remained in the vicinity for eleven hours, delaying the Legend's arrival back to New York City the following day until 8 pm. Coast Guard officials were sent out to aid in the search, but he was never found.

During the September 2, 2007 cruise, there was a complete loss of power for approximately an hour, during the first day at sea. Because of this, the ship arrived late at port the next day. The cause of this problem was not explained to the passengers.^{[citation needed]}

On September 30, 2009, as the ship was leaving the berth in Cozumel, heavy winds pushed the ship against the side of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' Enchantment of the Seas. Carnival Legend sustained damage to its open deck areas, as well as broken glass. Both ships were able to leave for its next scheduled port after being cleared by port authorities.

On February 13, 2010, Carnival Legend had to reduce speed and limp home due to a mechanical problem that drastically reduced the ship's speed. Passengers reported hearing grinding noises and vibrations coming from the engine room. The ship made it back to its homeport of Tampa several hours late. The next voyage resulted in a late departure and a schedule change of Cozumel instead of Grand Cayman.

External links

• Carnival Legend Official Page (Carnival Site)
• Cruise Critic Review
• Information from Aker Yards
• Deck Plans

Gallery

• Carnival Legend Roatan, Honduras.jpg

  Carnival Legend in Roatan, Honduras