Carnival Breeze

Carnival Breeze is a Dream-class cruise ship of Carnival Cruise Line which was laid down on 20 November 2008, launched on 16 September 2011 and completed on 3 June 2012.[4]

Carnival Breeze anchored off Grand Cayman in 2014.
History
Panama
Name: Carnival Breeze
Owner: Carnival Corporation & plc
Operator: Carnival Cruise Line
Port of registry:  Panama
Ordered: 2010
Builder: Fincantieri
Cost: US$740 million
Laid down: 20 November 2008
Launched: 16 September 2011
Christened: 2012
Completed: 3 June 2012
Maiden voyage: 3 June 2012
In service: June 2012
Identification:
Status: Service suspended
Notes: [1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Dream-class cruise ship
Tonnage:
Length: 306.02 m (1,004 ft 0 in)[3]
Beam: 37.2 m (122 ft 1 in)[2]
Draught: 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in)[3]
Decks: 15
Installed power:
Speed: 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)
Capacity: 3,690 passengers
Crew: 1,386
Notes: [1]

Concept and construction

Carnival Breeze is the third and last Dream-class ship built for Carnival but Costa Crociere also operates a Dream-class ship. Fincantieri Monfalcone of Italy is the builder. The Dream-class vessels were the largest passenger ships ever built by Fincantieri[5] at the time of their construction.

The ship's godmother is Tracy Wilson Mourning, a motivational speaker and founder of the Honey Shine girls' empowerment charity.[6]

Areas of operation

From June to November 2012 she sailed out of Barcelona, Spain and Venice, Italy on Mediterranean Sea cruises, and afterwards from Miami, Florida to the Caribbean Sea and Bahamas. In May 2016, she moved to Galveston, Texas. In April 2017 Carnival Breeze entered dry dock, at the Grand Bahamas Shipyard, for the first time since entering service in 2012. Carnival Breeze is currently homeported in Port Canaveral, Florida after moving from Galveston in September 2018. She continues cruising to the Caribbean.[7]

Incidents
Further information: COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships § Suspected suicides

During the coronavirus pandemic, on 9 May 2020, it was reported that a 29-year-old Hungarian crew member aboard Carnival Breeze had been found dead in his cabin, reportedly due to suicide.[8] He was an assistant shore excursion manager, and was last seen with someone on 6 May 2020.[8] A crew member blamed depression due to long periods of isolation aboard the ship, while others were shocked because things seemed normal with the crew member.[8] At the time, Carnival Breeze was crossing the Atlantic Ocean heading toward Southampton, England, to repatriate its European crew members.[8][9]

References
  1. "Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel Carnival Breeze". VesselTracker. 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  2. "Carnival Breeze". Fincantieri. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  3. Asklander, Micke. "M/S Carnival Breeze (2012)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Archived from the original on August 22, 2014. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  4. "Carnival Breeze (9555723)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  5. "Costruzioni". Fincantieri.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
  6. Staff, C. I. N. (14 November 2012). "Tracy Wilson Mourning to Serve as Godmother of New Carnival Breeze". www.cruiseindustrynews.com.
  7. "Carnival Cruise Line's Three Newest Cruise Ships Headed to New Homeports". cruisefever.net. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  8. "Crew Member Reportedly Commits Suicide on Carnival Breeze | Crew Center". crew-center.com.
  9. "Crew Member Dies on the Carnival Breeze During Final Repatriation Cruise". Cruise Law News. May 10, 2020.

Media related to IMO 9555723 at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.