Carnival Inspiration

Carnival Inspiration (formerly Inspiration) was a Fantasy-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland, she was floated out on April 1, 1996, and christened as Inspiration by Mary Anne Shula. During 2007, in common with all of her Fantasy-class sisters, she had the prefix Carnival added to her name and had some passenger areas and facilities were refurbished.

In July 2020, Carnival sold Carnival Inspiration, along with her sister ship Carnival Fantasy. Cruise Radio reported that Carnival Inspiration would likely be scrapped at Aliağa in Turkey. She made her final voyage from Long Beach and arrived at the Aliağa Yard on August 5, 2020 and by August 26, was being dismantled. Scrapping started on 5 April 2021, and concluded around January 2022. Initially she was intended to be broken up at the Ege Çelik yard which complied with the European Ship Recycling Regulation, but on arrival she was transferred to a neighbouring yard called Metas which, though belonging to the same owners, did not meet the EU standard. In an accident on 12 July 2021 a massive explosion within the hull instantly killed one worker, Yılmaz Demir, and caused another, Oğuz Taşkın, near total burns from which he died three days later.