Alaska Cruise Ship Disasters

On October 4 1980 the aurora borealis danced above the stricken cruise ship as the elderly passengers crawled out of bed and made their way to the upper deck after the captain announced that there was a fire in the engine room.

Alaska cruise ship disasters. It might not be the best book to download to your e-reader right before an Alaska cruise but Saunders account of the 1918 sinking of the steamship Princess Sophia a harrowing disaster on the. 125 Dead Ship Sinking Deaths MV Pinak Sinks August 4 2014 Time of Death 1100. However between 1878 and 1915 alone 87 ships wrecked along Alaskas rugged coast.

The Sinking of the MV Goya. Subsequent safety initiatives. Almost everyone aboard in the inhospitable Gulf of Alaska one of the most dangerous bodies of water in the world was.

Extreme weather conditions and high seas thwarted rescue efforts and the ship went down with 343 passengers. In 2005 while 100 miles off the coast of Somalia pirates in speedboats attacked the small cruise ship. On February 10 2013 a fire broke out in one of the engine rooms knocking out the ships power and condemning the 3143 passengers to endure the cruise from hell.

These are the worst cruises and cruise ships that sank and the most horrible cruise ship events8. The pirates fired on it with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. August 4 2014.

Top worst cruise ship incidents. The blaze began courtesy of a leaky fuel line and making things worse only four of the Triumph s six generators. July 22 1995 Regent Star fire while in Prince William Sound Alaska resulted in two injuries.

Around 1100 hours on Monday August 4 2014 the ferry MV Pinak sunk in the Padma River about 18 miles Cruise Ship Disasters. 15 January 1980 Ship Country Description Gemini United States The 198-gross register ton 936-foot 285 m crab-fishing vessel iced up capsized and sank in the Gulf of Alaska with the loss of two livesA United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her three survivors from a life raft approximately 150 nautical miles 280 km. In terms of lives lost the Princess Sophia was the worst maritime disaster in Alaska history.