Carnival Sunshine
- Carnival Destiny (1996-2013)
Lloyd 's Register of Shipping
IMO no. 9070058
The Carnival Sunshine is a post-Panamax cruise ship of Carnival Cruise Lines. At the time of entry into service in 1996, the lead ship of the Destiny - class was the first passenger ship with a gross tonnage of more than 100,000. So she was the largest cruise ship in the world, surpassing the first cruise ship built in 1936, the Queen Mary. Until her shipyard stay at the beginning of 2013 it was rebuilt for around 155 million dollars, it was under the name Carnival Destiny in service.
History
Construction and commissioning
The cruise ship was built with the hull number 5941 at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone near Trieste, Italy. The interior designed by Joseph Farcus. The ship was delivered on 19 October 1996 under the name Carnival Destiny to Carnival Cruise Lines and ship registered in Panama. After the baptism, which was made on 24 October 1996 in Venice by Lin Arison ( wife of founder Ted Arison shipping company ), the transfer was made to Miami.
Use
The cruise ship since its maiden voyage, which began on November 24, 1996 in Miami, mainly in the Caribbean go. In 2000 a change in the ship register of the Bahamas. During her deployment, she was stationed in different base ports (for example, from October 2006 to August / September 2008 in San Juan (Puerto Rico) ). After a short renovation, the ship was moved to Miami. After her conversion and renamed Carnival Sunshine it was used from April to October in the Mediterranean, during the winter season in the Caribbean
Trivia
- With an overall height of about 70 m ( keel to top of chimney), the Carnival Destiny is higher than the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.
- For the construction of the vessel three times more steel was used as the construction of the Eiffel Tower.
- The chimney has a height of 23 m and weighs about 25 tons.
- For the approximately 600,000 square meters of surface area of the vessel above 200 tons of paint were needed.