Topic: iceberg sinks Explorer in Antarctica (Read 9807 times)

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #50 on:** December 08, 2007, 09:39:40 »

Quote from: saltydog on December 07, 2007, 19:37:23

First you pretend you care the Marmite was saved, then you call it goo..

It wasn't ME who called it goo

Shipaddict · « **Reply #51 on:** December 08, 2007, 10:42:03 »

Quote from: Stuart2007 on December 08, 2007, 09:39:40

It wasn't ME who called it goo

No, it was me!

saltydog · « **Reply #52 on:** December 08, 2007, 14:47:49 »

Sorry about that. All this Marmite must be going to my head..

Btw, here's an interesting article questioning why the Explorer sank..

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1203/p04s01-wogi.html

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #53 on:** December 09, 2007, 04:07:42 »

I read a comment somewhere that like another cruise ship that sank in the 90s that the plumbing was to blame and that non return valves were not fitted- so water worked its way up the plumbing, basically sinking it through the toilets.

Of course, that is speculation as no cause has been established.

stu

saltydog · « **Reply #54 on:** December 09, 2007, 05:33:08 »

That would be so embarressing...

Third Mate · « **Reply #55 on:** December 09, 2007, 08:23:33 »

Hey!they should make the "Explorer" for SS08 to honor her last voyage on the sea and a mission to go along with it.... and give it its original horn, with it sound she'll bring that voyage in no time...

saltydog · « **Reply #56 on:** December 09, 2007, 08:28:03 »

I think that would be a great idea..

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #57 on:** December 09, 2007, 13:59:42 »

Quote from: Third Mate on December 09, 2007, 08:23:33

Hey!they should make the "Explorer" for SS08 to honor her last voyage on the sea and a mission to go along with it.... and give it its original horn, with it sound she'll bring that voyage in no time...

I can just imagine all the youtube videos recreating the sinking... How good that would look for shipsim

saltydog · « **Reply #58 on:** December 15, 2007, 05:55:26 »

Here's another rather nice article..

http://www.worldhum.com/dispatches/item/requiem_for_a_little_red_ship_20071204/

Bottman · « **Reply #59 on:** December 30, 2007, 13:32:36 »

Only three weeks later, the brand new Hurtigruten vessel "Fram" hits an iceberg! Following to a black out, the Norwegian cruise liner drifted against the ice, but almost without any damage. After restarting the engines, the "Fram" calls at an Antarctic military base for an expection. Nobody was injured and everything seems to be fine aboard now...

Shipaddict · « **Reply #60 on:** December 30, 2007, 13:33:32 »

I heard about that! Maybe only ice breakers should go there...

Bottman · « **Reply #61 on:** December 30, 2007, 13:36:23 »

Well, even ice breakers may suffer a total black out..

Shipaddict · « **Reply #62 on:** December 30, 2007, 13:41:55 »

Hmmm, maybe we should leave the Antarctic to the penguins then

Bottman · « **Reply #63 on:** December 30, 2007, 13:44:42 »

That's it - and the same would be great for the Arctic too - without any pinguins of course, but with ice bears or so

Shipaddict · « **Reply #64 on:** December 30, 2007, 13:45:59 »

mvsmith · « **Reply #65 on:** December 30, 2007, 13:46:56 »

Quote from: Bottman on December 30, 2007, 13:32:36

Only three weeks later, the brand new Hurtigruten vessel "Fram" hits an iceberg! Following to a black out, the Norwegian cruise liner drifted against the ice, but almost without any damage. After restarting the engines, the "Fram" calls at an Antarctic military base for an expection. Nobody was injured and everything seems to be fine aboard now...

If she was as strong as her wooden namesake, she should have been in no danger.

Marty

Third Mate · « **Reply #66 on:** February 01, 2008, 05:51:59 »

Quote from: mvsmith on December 30, 2007, 13:46:56

If she was as strong as her wooden namesake, she should have been in no danger.
Marty

Hey, that a good point there mvsmith...still she seem to have some technical problems that were ignored...sadly this is what happens when people ignore even the smallest problems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGd3MvJ1uWo&feature=related

operliky · « **Reply #67 on:** February 09, 2008, 13:22:50 »

That ship was built to withstand ice when it when it hit the newspaper it said "TITANIC" ship sinks after hiting ice its good people didn't die if they did it would be disater.
Regards
Tom

Third Mate · « **Reply #68 on:** February 10, 2008, 06:29:44 »

Here's another great video about the Explorer, it may help with the reconstruction of it in SS08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOJGSOqFG5M

SHIPPY67 · « **Reply #69 on:** March 01, 2010, 04:54:36 »

Another Swedish America Line ship to the bottom of the Atlantic

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS Explorer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS Explorer)

McGherkin · « **Reply #70 on:** March 01, 2010, 08:31:21 »

Quote from: Third Mate on February 01, 2008, 05:51:59

Hey, that a good point there mvsmith...still she seem to have some technical problems that were ignored...sadly this is what happens when people ignore even the smallest problems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGd3MvJ1uWo&feature=related

You do realise that this topic has been dead for THREE YEARS?!?

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #71 on:** March 01, 2010, 09:37:03 »

Quote from: McGherkin on March 01, 2010, 08:31:21

You do realise that this topic has been dead for THREE YEARS?!?

Two, actually...

McGherkin · « **Reply #72 on:** March 01, 2010, 10:18:01 »

I was looking at the 2007 bit.

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #73 on:** March 01, 2010, 18:22:08 »

Well, you weren't looking properly then, were you McG...

marcstrat · « **Reply #74 on:** March 02, 2010, 07:28:20 »

Yes,some people like to reanimate topics,which are dead for some time,in some cases more than 2 years.
Marc

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