Cruise Ship Fires

Fires on Cruise Ships

Nordic Empress Fire, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Fire near Bermuda

Nordic Empress Fire, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Fire near Bermuda – On Friday, June 15, 2001, at approximately 2036 hours, Nordic Empress was making her way from Bermuda to New York City at 17 knots per [...]
Steamship Fires

SS Morro Castle Fire near Long Beach Island, New York

SS Morro Castle Fire near Long Beach Island, New York – 135 Passengers and Crew Died At around 2:50 a.m. on September 8, 1934 while the SS Morro Castle was sailing around eight nautical miles [...]
Fires on Cruise Ships

Aqua Amazon Fire Explosion

Aqua Amazon Fire Explosion – Aqua Expeditions’ Aqua Amazon Fire Explosion Itaya River in Peru On Saturday, July 16, 2016 Aqua Expeditions cruise ship Aqua Amazon exploded and sank in the port of Enapu, along [...]
Fires on Cruise Ships

Estrella Amazonica Fire on Amazon River Cruise in Peru

Estrella Amazonica Fire on Amazon River Cruise in Peru – On Tuesday, April 12, 2016, around 0200 hours, International Expeditions’ 139-foot-long cruise ship Estrella Amazonica had a cruise ship fire, while sailing on the Amazon River in [...]
Fires on Cruise Ships

DFDS’ Pearl Of Scandinavia Fire off the coast of Sweden

DFDS’ Pearl Of Scandinavia Fire off the coast of Sweden – Wednesday, November 17, 2010 the Pearl Of Scandinavia with 600 aboard experienced a fire around 0600 hours that morning while the ship was head [...]

Enchantment Of The Seas Fire, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Fire

Enchantment Of The Seas Fire, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Fire – August 20, 2007 An investigation into fires aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ Enchantment Of The Seas revealed that life jackets stored in passengers’ cabins were [...]
Aphrodite Cruise Ship Fire at Halong Bay Dock, Vietnam
Splendour of the Seas Fire, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Off Greece Coast

Cruise Europa Ferry Fire, Minoan Lines Ferry Fire

Cruise Europa Ferry Fire, Minoan Lines Ferry Fire – December 21, 2015 Cruise Europa, a ferry owned by Greek shipping company Minoan Lines had a fire aboard in the galley with an estimated 781 passengers aboard. [...]
MV Wonderful Star Fire, Roble Shipping Ormoc, Leyte Philippines Fire
Norman Atlantic Ferry Fire near Corfu, Greece

Carnival Triumph Cruise Ship Fuel Barges Explode April 25, 2013

Carnival Triumph Explosion, Carnival Cruise Line ship evacuated in Alabama

Carnival Triumph Explosion, Carnival Cruise Line ship evacuated in Alabama – April 25, 2013 Carnival Triumph Evacuated After Fuel Barges Explode. Sometimes, the path to success is plagued with misfortune. Such has become the case with […]

Emerald Princess Cruise Ship Fire Explosion February 9, 2017

Emerald Princess Explosion, Chalmers, New Zealand

One Crew Member Dead in ship explosion. Chalmers, New Zealand – Around 5:00, on Thursday, February 9, 2017, Princess Cruises’ Emerald Princess cruise had an explosion, which damaged the stern of the cruise ship. One crew […]

Independence of the Seas Dock Explosion Gilbraltar May 31, 2011

Independence of the Seas Explosion, RCCL near Gibraltar

Independence of the Seas Explosion, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines near Gibraltar – Tuesday, May 31, 2011 around 3:37 pm local time, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Independence Of The Seas was at the industrial ship dock at Gibraltar […]

SS Yarmouth Castle Fire November 13 1965

SS Yarmouth Castle Fire Yarmouth Cruise Lines near Miami, Florida

SS Yarmouth Castle Fire Yarmouth Cruise Lines near Miami, Florida – November 13, 1965 the fire on Yarmouth Cruise Lines, SS Yarmouth Castle caused the death of 88 Passengers and 2 Crew. Jonathan Hamilton, age 14, died in […]

SS Norway Fire, Norwegian Cruise Line Fire near Port of Miami

SS Norway Fire, Norwegian Cruise Line Fire near Port of Miami – May 25, 2003, At 0637 hours the Bahamas-registered passenger vessel S/S Norway, with 911 crew members and 2,135 passengers on board, suffered a boiler […]

Lakonia Cruise Ship Fire December 22, 1963

TSMS Lakonia Fire, Greek Line Fire near Madeira Portugal

TSMS Lakonia Fire, Greek Line Fire near Madeira Portugal – December 22, 1963 passenger ship TSMS Lakonia, sailed by Greek Line, was sailing on a Christmas cruise on December 22, 1963 around 11 pm while the ship was about […]

SS Saale Fire, North German Lloyd Steamship Co, near Hoboken, New Jersey

SS Saale Fire, North German Lloyd Steamship Co, near Hoboken, New Jersey – June 30, 1900 the fire and sinking of the Steamship Saale has 361 Deaths attributed to this disaster making it one of the largest […]

Black Watch Cruise Ship Fire July 1 2016

Black Watch Fire – Fred Olsen Cruise Lines Off Madeira, Portugal Coast

Black Watch Fire – Fred Olsen Cruise Lines Off Madeira, Portugal Coast – Friday, July 1, 2016 a fire started in the engine room aboard Fred Olsen Cruise Lines’ Black Watch. The fire damaged three out […]

Royal Princess Cruise Ship Fire June 18, 2009

Royal Princess Fire, Princess Cruises Fire in Port Said, Egypt

Royal Princess Fire, Princess Cruises Fire in Port Said, Egypt – Thursday June 18, 2009 fire broke out in the engine room aboard Princess Cruises’ Royal Princess while the cruise ship was near Port Said, Egypt. […]

Cruise Ship Fires

Passenger Cruise & Ferry Fires

Nordic Empress Fire, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Fire near Bermuda

SS Morro Castle Fire near Long Beach Island, New York

Aqua Amazon Fire Explosion

Estrella Amazonica Fire on Amazon River Cruise in Peru

DFDS’ Pearl Of Scandinavia Fire off the coast of Sweden

Fires on Cruise Ships

Enchantment Of The Seas Fire, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Fire

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Cruise Europa Ferry Fire, Minoan Lines Ferry Fire

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