Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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the cruise ship costa concordia has run aground of the coast of italy,six [6] people are reported dead,it is all so reported that there where british holiday makers on board at the time.
it left port at 7 pm and run aground at 9 pm,passengers where told to put life jackets on and to stand by life boats,by 0120 most of the passengers where of the ship.
coster cruises are holding an investegation along with the local maritime agencies.
courtisy of sky news web pages.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Gosh..thanks for that news Brian. I didnt know. Have now also looked at the BBC and yes indeed quite a shock....with up to SIX people reported dead as you say. Cant believe it as they always look so safe. The Costa cruise line comes here to Dover regularly...noted for their old style yellow funnels. That particular ship involved may well have been here too, not sure off the top of my head but very likely.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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It is reported on BBC that the ship was deliberately run aground to make it easier to evacuate the passengers and crew after possibly being holed on a reef.
Passengers must have been terrified and sadly seems some lifeboats could not be launched.
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Guest 718- Registered: 28 Jun 2011
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The Costa Concordia hasn't visited Dover but last year her sister Costa Pacifica did. There is a third one, Costa Serena, in service with two more being built. At 114500 tonnes they are big for the European market.
Needless to say the media are off on a frenzy of speculation but it may be some time before we find out what happened.
Guest 722- Registered: 23 Aug 2011
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Stunning pictures there John and thanks for that info...brilliant shots...its great to see the pictures as it fills us in as to what we are talking about. Really looks like a state of the art ship...so cant imagine anything untoward happening with it or to it. But as mentioned its all speculation at the moment, but shocked by the news.
Thanks for that webcam tip Andy.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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shocking pictures, 3200 passengers and 1000 crew on board.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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A beautiful ship indeed Paul (as are all the Costa ships); it can't be (surely ?) the first time it has visited this location, so don't understand how it hit a reef.
I heard as well that it ran aground on purpose as the hole in the ship would have made it sink in deeper waters and probably more fatalities.
Must have been so scary for the passengers and crew - this sort of thing just doesn't happen (obviously it does).
Roger
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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Only 161 or so souls to each life boat? 13 on each side. Still, sailing on short well plied routes is a far cry from the dangers of trans-Atlantic shipping.
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Now that its got brighter you can see the pictures on Andy's link there(post 5) ever more clearer...have also seen it on Sky News and its unbelievable to see such a huge and magnificent ship completely capsized over. Its early moments as of yet and we dont know the death toll for sure, but it apears to be relatively quite low as we speak...which is to be thankful for. Could have been a much larger toll when you look at the situation of the ship as she stands.
Very shocking...when you see these beautiful giants leaving Dover on summer evenings you never think of such a possibility.
Guest 663- Registered: 20 Mar 2008
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Gosh that is amazing to think that such a thing could happen lets hope that the death toll does not rise, they are so gracefull when they sail into harbour just like floating hotels.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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This picture was shown by the BBC a few moments ago...the ship has since gone completely over as you can see in the link on Post 5.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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and yesterday was...........yes friday the 13th,defitly unlicky for the ship,crew and passengers.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Here's an image of the damage, quite lucky it only listed rather than went right over straight away
http://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2012/01/14/foto/uno_squarcio_di_70_metri-28082517/1/Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 2,438
Terrible incident that will knock peoples confidence in the Cruise industry.
Audere est facere.
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Shocking news indeed, the latest reports are saying that the death toll is 3 so far, but all cabins and areas on the ship need to be searched. With a ship this size it may take some time, let us hope that it does not rise. It looks as though the captain and crew did an excellent job bringing the ship closer in to port which obviously saved a loss of life on a larger scale.
Looking at the close-up of the damage it loooks as though a massive chunk of the reef has been ripped off, amazed that this has happened as the crew must know the coastline very well, obviously an inquiry will find out more when they look into this further.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Here is another and latest picture as shown by SKY NEWS..a bit of a shocking image for the Cruise industry and for anyone contemplating a cruise..
Yes the damage underneath is considerable. How on earth....?? The captain clearly knew after it happened that the ship was going to go down with all hands as it were, so headed for safer shallower waters close to shore. He bought some time and saved lives...thats the initial feeling anyway.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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That this can happen is frightening -
(we had a wonderful cruise on the smaller Costa Serena in 2010) -
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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I wonder if it might be a good idea for vessels such as this to flood the entire lower levels thus lowering the centre of gravity and avoiding capsize?
Sticking to deep water has probably been thought of already.
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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I would have thought the centre of gravity would be well tested using models in wave tanks. The problem I should imagine is that it is difficult to test what happens when a hole is made in the hull.
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