Carnival Conquest at Grand Cayman on 5 January 2006.
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History | |
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Name | Carnival Conquest |
Owner | Carnival Corporation & plc |
Operator | Carnival Cruise Line |
Port of registry | Panama[3] |
Ordered | 4 August 1998[4] |
Builder | Fincantieri (Monfalcone, Italy) |
Cost | US $500 million[3] |
Laid down | 30 June 1999 |
Launched | 1 February 2002 |
Sponsored by | Lindy Claiborne Boggs |
Christened | 19 November 2002[6] |
Completed | 25 October 2002 |
Maiden voyage | 12 November 2002[7] |
In service | 1 December 2002[5] |
Identification | |
Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Conquest-class cruise ship |
Tonnage | 110,000 GT |
Length | 953 ft (290.5 m) |
Beam | 116 ft (35.4 m) |
Height | 208 ft (63.4 m)[7] |
Draft | 27 ft (8.2 m)[3] |
Decks | 13 decks[3] |
Installed power | 63,400 kW[3] |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric; two propellers[3] |
Speed | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)[3] |
Capacity | 2,980 passengers [5] |
Crew | 1,150 |
Carnival Conquest is a cruise ship owned and operated by Carnival Cruise Line. She is the first of her namesake class, whose design is derived from the Destiny-class of cruise ships. Sixty percent of her staterooms have ocean views, and sixty percent of those (37% of all cabins) have balconies.[8] The ship's interior decor is of a French Impressionist style designed to complement the port city of New Orleans. Carnival Conquest was renovated in 2009.[9][10]
The Godmother of Carnival Conquest is Lindy Boggs, former US Congresswoman for Louisiana.[6]
The vessel has been homeported in Miami, Florida.[11]