Carnival Liberty

Carnival Liberty in the harbor of St. Thomas

Lloyd 's Register of Shipping

IMO no. 9278181

The Carnival Liberty (English independence ) is a post -Panamax cruise ship of Carnival Cruise Lines. She was commissioned as the fourth ship of the Conquest - class service and differs from its predecessors by a completely new machinery.

History

Construction and commissioning

Even as the lead ship of the Conquest - class was in the building, the company Carnival Cruise Lines and the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri signed on 29 June 2002 a letter of intent for the construction of the fourth cruise ship of the " Conquest " - class. Construction began on 1 June 2004 Despite extensive technical changes -. , The ship was equipped with a completely new engine plant - compared to the other ships of the " Conquest " - class, the Carnival Liberty was built with the hull number 6111 in just 24 months on the Italian shipyard Fincantieri in Monfalcone. After nine months in dry dock the ship floated on the end of December 2004, and was transferred to the completion of the outfitting. After the Carnival Liberty was baptized on 19 July 2005 in Civitavecchia from the Italian- American actress Mira Sorvino, the ship was handed over to the next day to her owners.

Use

The Carnival Liberty was the first ship of the company, which was stationed in the Mediterranean. In the summer of 2005, she headed for the base port of Civitavecchia to destinations in the Mediterranean. In October 2005 the ship was stationed after his first Atlantic crossing in Fort Lauderdale.

According to original plans, the Carnival Liberty should start destinations in Europe after crossing the Atlantic in May 2009. As the base ports of Dover and Civitavecchia were provided. Due to the financial crisis, however, the shipping company decided to continue using the ship for weeklong Caribbean cruises.

Machinery and drive

The construction of the Carnival Liberty also a fundamental modernization of the machinery for the still following ships of the " Conquest " class was completed. The currently installed on previous ships built under license of Sulzer series ZA40S were replaced by six V-12 cylinder engines of the newly developed 46 series of the Finnish manufacturer Wärtsilä. Despite reduced fuel consumption and lower emissions, the performance of the machinery rose compared to the previous plant by about 20 %.

In the conventionally designed drive system with shaft, fixed propeller, rudder and propeller engines previously used were replaced by more powerful developments of the French company Alstom.