Antarctic Cruise Ship Lost Engine
A cruise ship carrying 160 people on a return trip from Antarctica lost power in one of its engines Tuesday in rough weather the Argentine navy saidCrews were later able to.
Antarctic cruise ship lost engine. The port engine which remained. At the time the weather in the Drake Passage was at its worst with 30-foot waves battering the ship. The impact resulted in the shutdown of the starboard engine and the loss of electrical power aboard ship.
As the ship began listing passengers were called to the muster station about 1 am. A Norwegian cruise ship carrying some 300 people lost engine power during an electrical outage and struck an Antarctic glacier smashing a lifeboat but causing no injuries officials said Saturday. The Argentine Navy said the Clelia II declared an emergency on Tuesday reporting it had lost an engine amid heavy seas and 55 miles per hour 90 km per hour winds.
BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINAA US-operated Antarctic cruise ship with 160 people aboard has lost an engine in high seas but is limping safely to its scheduled port the Argentine navy said Wednesday. The ship has 100 passengers and 60 crew members aboard. Officials say a US-operated Antarctic cruise ship with 160 people aboard has lost an engine in high seas but is limping safely to its scheduled port the Argentine Navy.
Antarctic was a barque with three masts and equipped with a steam engine built in 1871 at Holmen in Drammen in Norway under the name Cap Nor. From Russia Today. The Argentine Navy says the Clelia II is heading for the port of Ushuia at the extreme south of the country at 4 knots about 5 mph.
Officials say an Antarctic cruise ship with 160 passengers aboard has lost an engine in high seas but is limping safely to its scheduled port. A cruise ship carrying 165 people back to Argentina after an Antarctic expedition lost power to one of its engines midday Tuesday in rough seas. A US-operated Antarctic cruise ship with 160 people aboard has lost an engine in high seas but is limping safely to its scheduled port.
Then the electricity cut out and we lost the engine Flood said. Officials say an Antarctic cruise ship with 160 people aboard has lost an engine in high seas but is limping safely to its scheduled port the Argentine Navy said Wednesday. Officials say an Antarctic cruise ship with 160 passengers aboard has lost an engine in high seas but is limping safely to its scheduled port.
