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Carnival Freedom
History
Name	Carnival Freedom
Owner	Carnival Corporation & plc
Operator	Carnival Cruise Line
Port of registry	Panama City,  Panama
Builder	Fincantieri Marghera (Venice), Italy
Yard number	6129
Launched	April 28, 2006
Sponsored by	Kathy Ireland
Christened	March 4, 2007
Acquired	February 28, 2007
Maiden voyage	March 5, 2007
Identification	Call sign: 3EBL5 IMO number: 9333149 MMSI number: 371154000
Status	Damaged; In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Conquest-class cruise ship
Tonnage	110,000 GT
Length	952 ft (290.2 m)
Beam	116 ft (35.4 m)
Decks	13 (numbered 1-14, skipping the number 13)
Installed power	Six diesel-electric generators (Wärtsilä 12V46C)
Propulsion	Two shafts
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (service) 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) (maximum)
Capacity	2,980 passengers
Crew	1,150

Carnival Freedom is a Conquest-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. She is the 22nd operating vessel in the fleet, and the last of the Conquest-class ships. The ship was built as part of a four-ship deal with Fincantieri's Marghera shipyard and was launched in Venice, Italy on April 28, 2006. She was delivered to Carnival on February 28, 2007.

History

The ship was built by Fincantieri at its Marghera shipyard in Venice, Italy. She was floated out on April 28, 2006, delivered to Carnival on February 28, 2007, and formally named in Venice by American model, actress, author and entrepreneur Kathy Ireland on March 4, 2007. The ship is also one of the first of the Carnival Cruise Line fleet to get a complete to maintain of the kids’ program.

The ship has 1,150 crew, 1,487 cabins and is able to carry 2,974 passengers traveling at a speed of 21 knots.

Carnival Freedom entered a three-week routine drydock in Freeport, Bahamas on March 30, 2014 for refurbishment and completed another dry dock in March 2019. In 2019 March, the ship debuted with its water park and major renovation.

Areas of operation

Carnival Freedom initially sailed from her homeport in Civitavecchia near Rome on Mediterranean cruises until the Fall of 2007 when she sailed the Caribbean Sea from the Port of Miami. In the summer of 2008, she returned to Europe and sailed in the Mediterranean again. In the fall of 2008, she sailed the Caribbean again but out of Port Everglades until February 2015 when she changed her home port to Galveston, Texas. Carnival Freedom resumed port calls to Grand Bahama in November 2019 when Hurricane Dorian ravaged the country. The ship will reposition to Seattle and sail at Alaska in 2021.

Incidents

In 2019, a photographer took a picture of the ship emitting black smoke in Cayman Islands. The cruise line told the media that the smoke was caused by an engine turbocharger malfunction.

COVID-19

On March 23, 2020, a crew member who had sailed on the six day March 8 cruise out of Galveston, Texas was hospitalized in Gulfport, Mississippi after experiencing flu-like symptoms. On March 25 they received a positive test result for COVID-19 and passengers from the cruise were subsequently asked to quarantine for 14 days by the cruise line. The passengers had disembarked in Galveston, Texas on March 14 – a day after Carnival Cruise Line suspended operations due to coronavirus.

May 26th, 2022 Funnel Fire

On May 26th, 2022, the Freedom suffered a fire within its funnel. The vessel was docked in Grand Turk during the incident. The fire was extinguished with no injuries reported. Significant damage was sustained to part of the funnel, on the starboard side. Guests and crew members were allowed to go ashore, as originally planned in Grand Turk. It was announced in the evening of May 26, 2022, by Carnival through a letter to guests that the Freedom would remain in Grand Turk with passengers on board. Carnival Conquest is scheduled to pick up passengers on Freedom as the ship will not be returning to Port Canaveral. Freedom is scheduled to undergo an emergency dry dock in Grand Bahama for repairs. As for compensation, Carnival is giving a $100 per stateroom onboard credit and a 50 percent off future cruise credit. Any additional parking fees at the Port Canaveral parking garage have been waived, and Carnival will cover fees related to changed flights up to $200 per person.

References

Notes

1. ^ Smith 2010, p. 38.
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11. "Carnival Cruise Line Resumes Sailings to Freeport, Bahamas Post-Hurricane". www.cruisecritic.com.
12. Deerwester, Jayme. "Carnival resumes port calls to Grand Bahama Friday; flights may resume in mid-November". USA TODAY.
13. "Carnival Freedom Heading to Alaska for 2021 Summer Season". TravelPulse.
14. Bartiromo, Michael (November 4, 2019). "Carnival Cruise Line says smoke seen in Carnival Freedom photo was caused by engine turbocharger malfunction". Fox News.
15. "Carnival's pollution grabs headlines - Cayman Islands Headline News". November 4, 2019.
16. Harris, Alex; Dolven, Taylor (March 27, 2020). "Carnival Freedom passengers told to isolate after crew member's positive COVID-19 test". Miami Herald. Miami Herald. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
17. "Carnival cruise ship catches fire in Grand Turk". NBC News. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
18. "Carnival Freedom Fire: Part of cruise ship catches fire while docked at Grand Turk". May 26, 2022.
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20. Carnival sending replacement cruise ship after Freedom caught fire in Grand Turk, retrieved May 27, 2022
21. "Carnival Cruise Ship Fire: What Happens Next?". May 26, 2022.

Bibliography

• Smith, Peter C. (2010). Cruise Ships: The World's Most Luxurious Vessels. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword Maritime. ISBN 9781848842182.

External links

• Official website

• Ships of Carnival Cruise Line
• Ships built in Venice
• Ships built by Fincantieri
• 2006 ships