cruise liner sinking

[Lawrence22]

Just read this on BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7108835.stm

[English Rose]

We woke up to this news this morning and all thought it was the Explorer of the Seas. It was a while before the news programme could confirm it wasn't the RCCL ship and was a much smaller cruise ship called the Explorer! Lets hope these people are rescued safe and well and thank goodness it wasn't a much larger vessel with thousands of people on board. Our prayers are with these poor people and hope they are safe and well very soon.

[ohioNCLcruiser]

I also thought this was the EOS at first. It must be cold down there.

[AdMaven]

It is thought to be the MV Explorer...if so those are students.

 

http://www.semesteratsea.com/ourcampus.html

 

On edit: There must be more than one MV Explorer because this article shows a totally different ship with the same name:

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/23/nship123.xml

[Merion_Mom]

I googled M/S Explorer, which is what the BBC article called the ship, and it's a Lindblad Expedition Ship. Built in 1969 for "adventure" cruising.

[AdMaven]

I googled M/S Explorer, which is what the BBC article called the ship, and it's a Lindblad Expedition Ship. Built in 1969 for "adventure" cruising.

 

Ok, thanks. The Telegraph is saying MV Explorer, not M/S.

[standby 06.30]

Lets hope they all took part in the Muster Drill and that it helped them to servive! a lesson to some of the idiots who post on this board about "playing" Muster Drill Hookie regards

[robtulipe]

IT was just on the CBC here in Canada that the passengers who had taken to the lifeboats have been picked up by ships responding to the emergency.

[2boomerstravel]

Latest good news is that all pax & crew accounted for and picked up by the cruise ship Endeavor (National Geographic?)

[sandy38]

I bet that is some very cold water up that way...... To the poster above that mentioned the muster drills, I always attend them anyway, but the next time I am going to pay even more attention.

[jacketwatch]

The best news is that all are OK. I read that the ice punched a fist sized hole in the ship. I do wonder how such a small hole could have caused such a severe outcome, esp. considering todays ship building standards with H2O sealed compartments. I would think a ship built to cruise the rugged Antarctic would have been built to withstand this.

[digital_curator]

To get this thread back on track:

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071123/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/britain_ship_sinking

 

For the poster who asked about a fist-size hole sinking the ship, this is MUCH smaller than one of the traditional cruise ships:

 

http://www.gapadventures.com/explorer/

 

We had hoped to go on this trip at some point but I guess we won't now:(

 

I'm glad that everyone is safe- it must have been a nightmare for those onboard!

[gmschick2011]

here is another article on it..

deck plans included

 

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=FB291B888D096D4568CB753DEA0EB114?contentId=5015825&version=11&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1

[gmschick2011]

WOW!

 

http://www.bt.no/kamera/nordnorge.html

[Jimmers]

Has she gone under yet?. I know they said they were trying to save her but it seems inevitable that the sea will claim her. Always a sad sight to see.

 

 

Jimmers:)

[dontpanik]

WOW...that it some serious listing:eek: . Has she gone under or are they going to try to tow her anywhere? Hard to believe the hole is only fist sized.

 

BTW, off topic, but if you'll notice Savig666 does this on every board it touches. You can place it on your ignore list and not have to look at it again ( I know I did:D )

[Rancher Dave]

So glad to hear everyone was rescued by the nearby cruise ships etc. I was worried at frist that in such cold water arpox 30deg F or -1deg C that anyone who went overboard into the water as part of the evac would be in grave danger. Also nice to read that the Captain stayed aboard basically being among the last off.

 

When crossing the North Atlantic in the Summer at that we had to be able to don our survival suit as quickly as possible, actually that was our muster drill, especially since we had a rubber life raft as our only lifeboat. Fortunately that summer it was a VA - Bermuda run so we were close enough for rescue in quick time by either naval ships or the coast guard not that we ever needed it.

 

DW saw the story so that puts cruising those waters off for another year or so, Antarctica is the only continent I have not visited and I want to go by cruise there before too many years go by...

 

It will be interesting to hear some of the stories that come out from those on that ship in coming days. From reading CNN reports it sounds as if it all was an organized evac...

[heathermk57]

Those pictures look so cold:(. I'm so glad that everyone is OK but this must have been a very frightening experience for everybody on board. Thank goodness there was a 'passing' Norwegian cruise ship!

[cruisePRN]

I'm glad everyone is saved and safe and warm. I'm booked on Lindblad to go to the artic in 18 months. I'm supposed to sail on the Endeavor. I guess they'll rearrange their itinaries and let us know if our expedition is still a go.

[jacketwatch]

To get this thread back on track:

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071123/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/britain_ship_sinking

 

For the poster who asked about a fist-size hole sinking the ship, this is MUCH smaller than one of the traditional cruise ships:

 

http://www.gapadventures.com/explorer/

 

We had hoped to go on this trip at some point but I guess we won't now:(

 

I'm glad that everyone is safe- it must have been a nightmare for those onboard!

I realize that. My question has to do with the structural integrity of the ship and water tight compartments in sections. In other words why would this cause the entire ship to sink vs. having a single area flooded w/o compromising the entire ship.

[alexkrn46]

I wonder how the Mariner of the Seas will do when it does the repositioning cruise, It is a much larger ship and probably won't go as far south.

[dontpanik]

Probably depends on the repo date. Isn't it in the winter for us? If its full on summer for the S. Hemisphere, then there should be fewer worries.

[egh170]

The ship sank about 20 hours after striking submerged ice. All souls safe and sound.

[Jimmers]

I do wonder how such a small hole could have caused such a severe outcome, esp. considering todays ship building standards with H2O sealed compartments.

 

The ship had several deficiences noted during it's last inspection including a problem with it's watertight doors. As you may know these doors are designed to seal off areas of the ship.

 

Whether this had anything to do with the sinking remains to be determined by the investigation that will surely follow.

 

Jimmers:)

[Trainman-2]

 

Photo speaks for itself!