A ship hits ice berg

[TruckDriver]

Holy cow!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/britain_ship_sinking;_ylt=AofU9.y3D7VKnUknr8W1mw7lWMcF

[bull]

Looks like a fun way to spend an afternoon... not.

[Charger_Fan]

That's gonna take one hell of a tow truck.

[69bronzeT5]

DOH!!!!

[histoy]

The 6:00 p.m. news reported that all aboard were rescued by a Norwegian liner.   Not even a single case of hypothermia.   Very lucky people.

[68chrgrwife]

I wonder if the band stayed behind to play as the ship was going down....LOL J/K/   Ok I know I shouldn't joke about these kinda things......it is good to hear that everyone was safe.

[Todd Wilson]

I wonder if the band stayed behind to play as the ship was going down....LOL J/K/   Ok I know I shouldn't joke about these kinda things......it is good to hear that everyone was safe.

I seen that in a movie once!


Todd

[TruckDriver]

I wonder if the band stayed behind to play as the ship was going down....LOL J/K/   Ok I know I shouldn't joke about these kinda things......it is good to hear that everyone was safe.

That's the first thing I thought about when I heard the story.

[69bronzeT5]

 

[Rocky]

That's funny, it looks like they either backed onto the the berg, or were actually going at a pretty fast clip, and actually rolled onto it, then rolled back to starboard fairly quickly after impact, which would also make sense if one side had just slammed into a fairly solid object and rode up the side of it during the collision.  Where is Celine Dion when you really need her?   

[Orange_Crush]

The berg was completely submerged.  They didn't see it at all.  It punched a hole the size of a fist in the hull and it took on water fairly slowly.

[TruckDriver]

I head that too. What I don't understand is that you wouldn't think a small hole like that would sink the ship. A compartment yes, but not the whole thing.

[70charginglizard]

out of all those pictures there isnt one of them actually showing it going under. Thats kinda weird
Glad to hear that everyone safely escaped though.
It does really seem od to me too that a small fist size hole would take down the whole ship? You'd think it would have some kind of a water tight compartment set up. Especially since it travels thru iceburg infested waters. Didn't these boat builders learn anything from meritime history yet???

[4cruzin]

You would think they could pump the water out somehome faster than it comes in.    Most of my boats have a pump system.   

[Troy]

There's a second half to the quote. It had a fist sized hole AND some cracking of the hull. Still, it seems kinda minor to sink a ship in 20 hours or so? It's good that there was another ship in the area. How many ships are routinely in Antarctic waters?

Troy

[Todd Wilson]

There's a second half to the quote. It had a fist sized hole AND some cracking of the hull. Still, it seems kinda minor to sink a ship in 20 hours or so? It's good that there was another ship in the area. How many ships are routinely in Antarctic waters?

Troy

Yeah the cracking is probably what was the biggest problem. You'd have thought they coulda stuck a blanket or a big potato in the hole and been ok!   


Todd

[Charger_Fan]

Sounds like they could have benefited from a nice, large bilge pump, like the ones near the Great Salt Lake.
http://deseretnews.com/misc/gsl/110001743.htm

*V-16, turbocharged, slow-speed Ingersoll-Rand engine, 11,500 horsepower
*pump rate of 1.5 million gallons per minute
*Tall as a house, with a gear box the size of a Volkswagen, weighs 72.6-tons


That oughta do the trick.

[Troy]

There's a second half to the quote. It had a fist sized hole AND some cracking of the hull. Still, it seems kinda minor to sink a ship in 20 hours or so? It's good that there was another ship in the area. How many ships are routinely in Antarctic waters?

Troy

Yeah the cracking is probably what was the biggest problem. You'd have thought they coulda stuck a blanket or a big potato in the hole and been ok!   


Todd

I wish I could be there to watch you stick a potato in that hole. The water is 1 degree Celsius and the sheer weight of the ship probably had water shooting through it like a fire hose. Good times!

Troy

[bull]

I have two questions about the following statement:

G.A.P Adventures is a tour company that provides eco-friendly excursions with an environmental focus.

1. Did the tourists expect that much "adventure" when they signed up for the excursion?
2. Doesn't sinking a ship (if it does sink) off the coast of Antarctica sort of defeat the "eco-friendly" purpose of the trip?

[Troy]

2. Doesn't sinking a ship (if it does sink) off the coast of Antarctica sort of defeat the "eco-friendly" purpose of the trip?

The last report I read said it did sink.

Troy

[BrianShaughnessy]

The actual size of the hole plus some cracking seems minor compared to damage done to Navy ships, etc.  which survived.   For contrast, the damage that sank the Titanic was about  12 square feet total  (1 square meter). 
One would think that watertight doors would have improved since 1912 but they don't work if they aren't engaged.   Perhaps they were broken anyway considering the ships registry.   

I'd suspect that there was little or no engineering or damage control in the crew aside from the captain and a couple guys that knew how to start the engine and hoist the anchor.    The crews' resumes probably consisted of a sentence stating that they'll serve the yankee tourists for little or no money in return for a chance to jump ship if they get close to America.    They were probably the first to the lifeboats.      It's happened before.   

I've got several sets of friends that have cruised Alaskan waters...  in the summertime.    They said it's beautiful.    I wouldn't go near the poles in the winter unless I was getting paid -  a lot more than those crazy crab fisherman!