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Kvaerner Masa-Yards Delivers Carnival Legend

MS Carnival Legend was delivered on

August 14 to Carnival Corp. at Kvaern- er Masa-Yards' Helsinki shipyard. Leg- end, which is the fourth cruise ship in a series of new Panamax-Max size cruise ships under construction for Carnival

Corporation, is operated by Carnival

Cruise Lines and Costa Crociere. The first ship in the series, Costa Atlantica, was delivered in June 2000 - with sister- ships Carnival Spirit and Carnival Pride in 2001.

The vessel carries a total of 2,680 pas- sengers (lower beds: 2,124 passengers) in a total of 1,062 staterooms, and a maximum crew capacity is 961. Measur- ing 961 ft. (293 m), with a maximum breadth of 127 ft. (38.8 m) (over bridge wings), and a draft at dwl of 25 ft. (7.8 m), the vessel's relative number of out- side passenger staterooms and state- rooms with balcony is very high; 80 per- cent of all the staterooms are outside staterooms, and 70 percent of all the staterooms have a balcony. All prefabri- cated staterooms have been manufac- tured by Piikkio Works Oy.

Carnival Legend has been built by the yard together with a large number of turn-key and other suppliers. Production began in October 2000, and the assem- bly of the hull begun in the covered new- building dock in April 2001. The vessel was launched in December 2001, after which the cruise ship was transferred to the outfitting quay in front of the yard's outfitting terminal.

Legend has a diesel-electric machin- ery, consisting of six Wartsila 9L46D diesel engines, with a total power of 62,370 kW, each connected to an alter- nator producing electricity to the ship's main electric network. The propulsion consists of two azimuthing electric Azi- pod propulsion units, with a power of 17.6 MW each, as well as three 1.91

MW tunnel thrusters in the bow. The service speed is 22 knots.

Sailing under the Panamanian flag, the

Main Particulars - Carnival Legend

Class BUNA

Flag Panama

Length, (o.a.) 960 ft. (292.5 mi

Length, (cwl) 865 ft. (263.6 m)

Length, (pp) 855 ft. (260.6 m)

Breadth, (max.) 127 ft. (38.8 m)

Breadth, (dwl) 106 ft. (32.2 m)

Draft, (dwl) 25 ft. (7.8 m)

Draft, (scantling) 26 ft. (8 m)

GT . . .85,900, (including balconies, approx. 88,500)

Passenger capacity, lower bed 2,124

Passenger capacity, max 2,680

Passenger staterooms, total 1,062

Crew capacity 961

Speed, service 22 knots

Speed, maximum 4 knots

Main engines 6 x Wartsila 9L46D

Power 6 x 10,395 kW/514rpm

Main generators 6 x 14,405 kVA ABB

Propulsion 2x 17.6 MWAzipod vessel is built according to RINA classi- fication standards, fulfilling RINA's new

Green Star environmental standard, con- sisting of two voluntary RINA class notations, CLEAN SEA and CLEAN

AIR, setting strict requirements on the ship's design and operation, in order to protect the environment and keep the sea and air clean.

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