Carnival Conquest

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]

Carnival Conquest

Carnival Conquest at George Town, Grand Cayman on 26 February 2006
History
Name	Carnival Conquest
Owner	Carnival Corporation & plc
Operator	Carnival Cruise Line
Port of registry	Panama[1]
Ordered	4 August 1998[2]
Builder	Fincantieri (Monfalcone, Italy)
Cost	US $500 million[1]
Laid down	30 June 1999
Launched	1 February 2002
Sponsored by	Lindy Claiborne Boggs
Christened	19 November 2002[3]
Completed	25 October 2002
Maiden voyage	12 November 2002[4]
In service	1 December 2002[5]
Identification	IMO number: 9198355[6] Call sign: 3FPQ9[6] MMSI number: 357657000[7]
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)[4]
Draft	27 ft (8.2 m)[1]
Decks	13 decks[1]
Installed power	63,400 kW (85,000 hp)[1]
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; two propellers[1]
Speed	22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)[1]
Capacity	2,980 passengers [5]
Crew	1,150

The godmother of Carnival Conquest is Lindy Boggs, former US Congresswoman for Louisiana.^[3]

The vessel has been homeported at Miami, Florida.^[11] On 7 July 2013, the ship was diverted to Mobile, Alabama, after a tugboat sank at New Orleans, causing a closure to the Mississippi River. Carnival then changed the next seven-day cruise roundtrip New Orleans into a six-day cruise from Mobile to New Orleans. Passengers disembarking were provided charter buses to New Orleans.

Carnival Conquest docked at the Riviera Maya on 6 January 2006

See also

• Cruise Confidential