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Masters a, >A . - /# V-w., . 435 Essex Ave<< P.fli Box BZO ^ UUayriesboro, VA 22980

Tel: (540)949-9200 • Fax: (540)9^3269^ E-mail: HOPEMAI\l@HBI-l\IET.com

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Inspiration

Main Particulars

Length 852 ft. (260.6 m)

Width / 118.1 ft. (36 m)

Draft ./. 25.4 ft. (7.7 m)

Tonnage ./. 70,367 gt

Speed / 22.3 knots

Passengers . ./. 2,040

Classification aciety Lloyd's Register

Registry ...I Panama

Order value .V $270 M

Builder J^erner Masa Helsinki New Shipyard

Owner Carnival Cruise Lines

Delivery date ^^ February 1996

Inspiration

Machinery

Main engines Wj/ilii-Sulzer (4) 12ZAV40S, (2)8ZAL40S

Generators .1.. .(4) 10.3 MVA, (2) 6.8 MVA

Propulsion motors f. ABB Marine, .(2) 14 MW AC motors, 140 rpm

Propellers... / (2) KaMeWa CP, 5.2 diameter

Rudders ... I. (2) semi-balanced

Bowthrusters V (3) 1,500 kW

Sternthrusters Vy (3) 1,500 kW

Fin stabilizers |. .(2) Brown Brothers, 14.5-sq-m

Steam generation. | (2) oil-fired steam boilers, .(6) exhaust gas boilers

SeaVision Provides

Interactive Television For

Cruise Ships

Carnival's latest newbuild,

Carnival Destiny, features an interactive television system (ITV) developed by SeaVision. The sys- tem, dubbed Fun Vision, provides guests with a wide variety of ser- vices, including shore excursion preview and purchasing, Ipom ser- vice and^jpw^ ofde^ng, |nforma- r board, movies-on- |rstem is also report- ed^ in operation onboard Carnival

Imagination. SeaVision is a divi- sion of Pittsburgh-based Allin

Communications Corp., and in 1997, will reportedly install ITV systems on 25 luxury ships on five different cruise lines, including

Carnival, Celebrity, Cunard,

Norwegian and Royal Caribbean.

For more information

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Fantasy class general arrangement drawing, by KMY for Carnival Cruise Lines.