Cruise Ship Fires

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

Prinsendam Cruise Ship Fire, Holland America Line near Yakutat Alaska

Prinsendam Cruise Ship Fire, Holland America Line Fire near Yakutat, Alaska – October 4, 1980 fire broke out on the Prinsendam 120 miles south of Yakutat, Alaska around midnight. There were 520 passengers and crew members aboard [...]
Fires on Cruise Ships

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 [...]
Fires on Cruise Ships

Carnival Ecstasy Fire, Carnival Cruise Line Fire near Miami Beach, Florida

Carnival Ecstasy Fire, Carnival Cruise Line Fire near Miami Beach, Florida – July 20, 1998 a fire started on Ecstasy as it was sailing off Miami Beach, Florida with 2567 passengers aboard, where crew were welding [...]
Steamship Fires

SS General Slocum Fire Knickerbocker Steamship Co Manhattan NYC Harbor

SS General Slocum Fire Knickerbocker Steamship Co. Manhattan NYC Harbor – June 15, 1904 a Steam Ship Fire broke on Manhattan NYC Harbor, 1,021 Passengers Die In Ship Blaze. The General Slocum, owned by the Knickerbocker Steamship [...]

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 [...]
L’ Boreal Fire, Cape Dolphin, Near Falkland Islands, Compagnie du Ponant Cruises
Achille Lauro Fire Passengers Evacuated Two Die near Somalia

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

Aida Diva Rocket Attack, Aida Cruises Attack port of Ashod, Israel

Aida Diva Rocket Attack, Aida Cruises Attack port of Ashod, Israel – July 7, 2014 Aida Cruises’ AidaDiva came under rocket attack with sirens wailing when Israel announced an attack by Hamas as the cruise […]

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 […]

Emerald Seas Cruise Ship Fire July 30, 1986

Emerald Seas Explosion & Fire, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line near Bahamas

Emerald Seas Explosion & Fire, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Bahamas – July 30, 1986 a fire broke out on the Eastern Cruise Lines Emerald Seas in the Bahamas, while the ship was anchored a few hundred […]

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 […]

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 […]

SS General Slocum Fire Knickerbocker Steamship Co Manhattan NYC Harbor

SS General Slocum Fire Knickerbocker Steamship Co. Manhattan NYC Harbor – June 15, 1904 a Steam Ship Fire broke on Manhattan NYC Harbor, 1,021 Passengers Die In Ship Blaze. The General Slocum, owned by the Knickerbocker Steamship […]

Carnival Ecstasy Fire, Carnival Cruise Line Fire near Miami Beach, Florida

Carnival Ecstasy Fire, Carnival Cruise Line Fire near Miami Beach, Florida – July 20, 1998 a fire started on Ecstasy as it was sailing off Miami Beach, Florida with 2567 passengers aboard, where crew were welding […]

Bahamas Celebration Fire Bahamas December 12 2011

Bahamas Celebration Fire, Celebration Cruise Lines near Freeport, Bahamas

Bahamas Celebration Fire, Celebration Cruise Lines near Freeport, Bahamas – Monday, December 12, 2011 around 0920 hours Celebration Cruise Lines, Bahamas Celebration caught fire in the engine room. About four miles off Freeport, Bahamas, when Bahamas Celebration […]

Carnival Freedom Cruise Ship Fire February 6, 2010

Carnival Freedom Fire, Carnival Cruise Lines Fire in Crew Cabin

Carnival Freedom Fire, Carnival Cruise Lines Fire in Crew Cabin – February 6, 2010 Carnival Cruise Lines cruise ship Freedom, had a fire reported in crew cabin number 2-505. The fire did not spread to any other cabin […]

Cruise Ship Fires

Passenger Cruise & Ferry Fires

SS Morro Castle Fire near Long Beach Island, New York

Prinsendam Cruise Ship Fire, Holland America Line near Yakutat Alaska

Enchantment Of The Seas Fire, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Fire

Carnival Ecstasy Fire, Carnival Cruise Line Fire near Miami Beach, Florida

SS General Slocum Fire Knickerbocker Steamship Co Manhattan NYC Harbor

Fires on Cruise Ships

Aqua Amazon Fire Explosion

Ferry Fires & Explosions

Cruise Europa Ferry Fire, Minoan Lines Ferry Fire

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Cruise Ship Explosions

Aida Diva Rocket Attack, Aida Cruises Attack port of Ashod, Israel

Independence of the Seas Explosion, RCCL near Gibraltar

Emerald Seas Explosion & Fire, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line near Bahamas

Steam Ship Fires, Explosions and Bombs

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

SS Morro Castle Fire near Long Beach Island, New York

SS General Slocum Fire Knickerbocker Steamship Co Manhattan NYC Harbor

Cruise Ship Bombs & Threats

Carnival Ecstasy Fire, Carnival Cruise Line Fire near Miami Beach, Florida

Bahamas Celebration Fire, Celebration Cruise Lines near Freeport, Bahamas

Carnival Freedom Fire, Carnival Cruise Lines Fire in Crew Cabin