Ahoy mates!

Early Friday morning the MS Explorer hit an iceberg and sank. The passengers and crew were all rescued.

Read more about this unbelievable event.

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
Gator

Wow, that is pretty crazy. I am glad all is good and the crew and passengers are safe. Thanks Kenny.

R.I.P Explorer

Glad to see nobody was killed,
but wondering who's going to do the clean up when she starts leaking oil.

The original reports said it had a "fist size hole" and the pumps couldn't keep up. After it rolled over the damage was reported to be "significant." I think it had a reinforced double hull, too.
Someone is going to be looking for a job, I suspect.
Shaun

Shackelton's revenge.

Yeah! I wondered about the "fist sized hole" too!

What? No "ships carpenter" to plug the hole?

Was there really nobody aboard who could jam something in the hole to stop it sinking???

I clearly remember my Dad ( a qualified "Ships Carpenter"), telling me that whilst a ship (British) could officially and legally leave Harbour without the Captain aboard, it COULD NOT officially or legally leave Harbour without the Ships Carpenter on board.

Surely basic training for Seamen? It used to be in the Royal Navy and British Merchant Navy!

Back to "Wooden ships and Iron men"!

They probably couldn't find a Ships Carpenter in landlocked Liberia (in the middle of Africa) where the Ship was registered.

Just to clarify...

Liberia is not landlocked. Its on the Atlantic Ocean.

The envromental people will not be ahppy about this. They never have liked the idea of tourism down there.

Are the environmental people ever happy about anything?

Jim

Loose Cannon has decided to take advantage of a unfortunate event and produce a 1/700 scale model of this ship. To paraphrase that well known adage, "A ship is a terrible thing to waste." and Loose Cannon plans to rectify that situation.