cruise ships are true marvels of modern engineering it's hard to accurately describe
just how massive these ships are but perhaps looking at a cruise ship compared to the titanic
will help from this perspective you really gain a new appreciation for the vast and unimaginable
size of these vessels and as massive as these ships are their price tags are just the same
so when something goes wrong when accidents happen it can cost a pretty penny and make no mistake
there have been plenty of accidents over the years from the costa concordia to
the carnival cruise triumph here are five cruise ship accidents that cost millions
the costa concordia an italian cruise ship owned by costa cruises a subsidiary of carnival
corporation was the first of the concordia-class cruise ships built for carnival cruise line
at the time of its construction in 2005 it was one of the largest cruise ships built in italy
measuring 952 feet long and weighing over 114 000 tons costing 570 million dollars to build it was
truly a spectacular project on january 13 2012 the costa concordia was carrying 3206 passengers and
1023 crew members on its way from chivitavecchia italy to savona and five other ports
on this day while on the first leg of its course the ship deviated from its intended path around
the isola del gillio struck a rock formation on the sea floor and rolled onto its starboard side
although rescue teams worked for six hours and saved a vast majority of the people on board
33 people ended up losing their lives an investigation found that the cause
of the accident was human error prior to the accident captain francesco scattino turned off
the alarm for the ship's computer navigation system opting to navigate by sight instead
once the seriousness of the situation set in and evacuation orders were given the captain
left his post and abandoned the ship earlier than most others leaving nearly 300 people on
board the ship was deemed a total loss unable to be salvaged captain skatino was tried and found
guilty of manslaughter in connection to the 33 deaths he was sentenced to 16 years in prison
february 10 2013 every news outlet was covering the crews that would come to be known as the poop
cruise at 5 30 a.m while sailing in the gulf of mexico a fire broke out in the triumphs engine
room in terms of danger it was extinguished by the ship's automatic fire suppression system
there were no injuries to passengers or to the crew it did however result in the loss
of power and propulsion the 900-foot cruise ship was reduced to nothing more than a raft
completely adrift in the open water but the troubles were just beginning on top of the
existing problems raw sewage began to back up into the passenger deck areas creating major
health hazards this is where the cruise's nickname originated passengers were unable to move around
much they were surrounded by the horrible odor of sewage rotting food and unshowered bodies
even the cabins were no escape as there was no air circulating in them many people resorted
to sleeping on deck chairs the four-day cruise turned into eight days as small tugboats were
able to reach the huge vessel and slowly pull it back to docks in alabama once there the passengers
were able to be filed off and put on buses to either new orleans or galveston texas where
the crews set out from the whole ordeal not only cost carnival cruise line hundreds of thousands in
compensation but the entire job of sanitizing and cleaning everything cost millions more
everything that could go wrong went wrong that's pretty much the entire story of the final voyage
of the ss morrow castle an american ocean liner that made routine trips between new york city and
havana cuba and the story is seriously insane the ship set off from havana on september 5th
1934 just like any other trip on the afternoon of the 6th it was on a course parallel from the
southeastern coast of the united states when it began to encounter increasing clouds and wind
by the next morning the clouds were very thick and the wind shifted easterly which
is the first indication of a nor'easter or a macro scale cyclone that can form very quickly
and without warning early that evening captain robert wilmot ate dinner in his quarters
shortly after he complained of stomach trouble after some time passed the captain died of a
heart attack a few hours later a fire broke out in a storage locker within 20 minutes it had spread
incredibly quickly burning through everything from electrical cables to hydraulic lines
with no way to radio for help many passengers and crew abandoned ship six of the 12 lifeboats were
launched but only filled to 20 percent capacity many passengers that went overboard did not
know how to use life preservers as they hit the water many were knocked unconscious and drowned
rescue efforts took a long time as only one sos signal got out before the ship lost power once
everyone was off the boat the burning ship drifted towards the shore eventually coming to rest in the
shallow waters off asbury park new jersey where it remained for many months before being salvaged
in total 135 out of the 549 people on board tragically lost their life in this disaster
built in 1952 the oceanos was originally a french merchant vessel but after a number of
years and owners it was finally acquired in 1976 by epirotiki lines of greece and repurposed as a
cruise ship it sailed many voyages over the years until its final trip on august 3rd 1991. setting
sail from east london south africa it was destined for durban south africa but from the get-go
the weather was against them captain yani savranas steered the ship into 40 knot winds that were
producing 30-foot swells it dampened the mood of the passengers as the first night of a voyage was
usually a celebratory event however as the weather worsened the ship swayed and listed from side to
side many stayed in their cabins unable to even eat at a dining table without nearly falling over
the captain wanted to make up time because of the delay however the seas were very rough the stress
of the waves crashing relentlessly against the hull of the ship eventually burst a pipe shell
which allowed sea water to start filling the ship then around 9 30 that night a muffled explosion
was heard as the oceanos lost power the engine room took on massive amounts of water and the
ship was listing very bad to the starboard side it was evident that evacuations needed to start
what was peculiar though was no alarm had been sounded nor were any announcements made that the
ship was in trouble when several passengers went to the bridge to look for the crew they were gone
they were able to find a radio and broadcast the mayday call it was heard eventually all 571 people
on board were rescued before the ship eventually sank captain avranus and his crew were heavily
criticized for abandoning the ship without giving any aid to the passengers these criticisms would
later turn into criminal charges luckily nobody was seriously injured from their negligence
no shipwreck in history is as famous as the rms titanic the humongous ocean liner that was the
pride of great britain at the time it was not only meant to be one of the most luxurious ships ever
created it was also to be the fastest setting sail from southampton on april 11 1912 they wanted to
set the record for the fastest atlantic crossing unfortunately four days into her maiden voyage
things took a turn for the worse as they entered the icy waters off of canada's coast
on april 14th titanic received six warnings of sea ice it wasn't until that night around 11 40
pm that the lookouts saw the massive iceberg ahead but at a speed of 22 knots the ship was
unable to turn quickly enough the gash was huge causing the ship to sink in 2 hours and 40 minutes
the sinking wasn't just an example of the unsinkable ship being brought down
it was an example of a lack of preparedness there were lifeboats aboard the ship but not nearly
enough as there were 2 224 passengers aboard the titanic the 20 boats could only hold 1178
even though the ship was designed to accommodate up to 68 lifeboats the additional ones were too
expensive on top of that the lifeboats that did rescue people were not filled to capacity there
was a lot of pride involved in this voyage the pride of britain for building an unsinkable ship
and the pride of the captain for wanting to make it across the ocean in record time because of this
around 1635 people died the exact number isn't known as there were many third class passengers
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