1966 Cruise Ship Fire

Eugenio C 1966 Linea C Costa Line.

1966 cruise ship fire. The 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 180 miles north of Madeira when fire broke out. In the early sixties Costa Armatori SpA Linea C from Genoa Italy needed a new ship ship for their South American liner service. A Royal Caribbean cruise ship bound for the Bahamas catches fire.

Monte ex-Free State Mariner Monterey 1960 Broken up. She was destroyed by a galley fire during a Caribbean cruise in March 1979. Blue Lady ex-France Norway 1961 Broken up.

Poor organisation faulty lifeboats and electrical problems were all named as causes in the official investigation into the cause of the fire and subsequent chaos. There were 646 passengers and 376 crewmen on board. The blaze which broke out on the MSC Lirica at 330pm local time is thought to have started in an empty lifeboat.

Was in grave danger because of a ticking A-bomb in the engine room of the Golden Princess. A fire broke out on the MSC cruise ship and it appears to be mid-ship on the starboard side. New maritime safety regulations are created requiring safety inspections fire drills and structural changes to new ships.

In the last of these in 1994 the ship caught fire and sank in the Indian Ocean off. 1966 International Cruise Shops was created to operate duty free shops onboard cruise ships later to. The 656 passengers on the Oceania Insignia were evacuated safely and the remainder of the cruise was cancelled Oceania Cruises said.

In other incidents she also suffered two serious collisions and four onboard fires or explosions. A total of 128 people died on the Lakonia 95 passengers and 33 crew - but of these fewer than half perished in the fire itself. Forest ex-33 Orientales City of Rhodos Queen EleniJoywave Queen Constantina 1966 Broken up.