The up market Carnival brand said the ship will bedelivered in the second half of 2016. No financial terms were disclosed.

Thenew ship will be modeled after the lines three newest vessels, Seabourn Odyssey, Seabourn Sojourn,and Seabourn Quest.

Thevessel will replace the capacity that is leaving the Seabourn brand with thesale of the 10,000-gt Seabourn Pride (built 1988), Seabourn Spirit (built 1989) and Seabourn Legend (built 1992).