View Full Version : Merged: "Fist-sized crack": Ship Sinking Near Antarctica
Antarctic cruise ship evacuated
More than 150 passengers and crew have been rescued from a tourist ship, after it hit ice off Antarctica.
"The M/S Explorer hit a lump of ice off King George Island this morning and the impact left the vessel with a crack in the hull the size of a fist."
BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7108835.stm)
AVGWarhawk
11-23-07, 07:07 AM
Reminds me of the Titanic. Let see though, a modern day vessel with better quality steel in the hull and it cracked anyway. Many said the Titanics steel hull was subpar and this is the reason it cracked. Hmmmm....not so sure now. :hmm:
Happy Times
11-23-07, 07:11 AM
Made in Finland:oops: But old, 1969 it was the first one then.
danlisa
11-23-07, 07:28 AM
Damn, Letum. Could you have used a better thread title?
You don't want to know what went through my mind when I saw this thread.:arrgh!:
Damn, Letum. Could you have used a better thread title?
You don't want to know what went through my mind when I saw this thread.:arrgh!:
Wonder what you mean Dan http://www.thescifiworld.net/img/smilies/stargate/jonas/jonasanime01.gif
http://forum.digitalcombatsimulator.com/images/smilies/megalol.gif
Otto Von Strunf
11-23-07, 07:39 AM
yep, i did it my u boot is there it took only 1 fish to do it:rock:
Takeda Shingen
11-23-07, 07:42 AM
Damn, Letum. Could you have used a better thread title?
You don't want to know what went through my mind when I saw this thread.:arrgh!:
Yeah, that's what got me here too.
Capt. Shark Bait
11-23-07, 07:44 AM
passengers/crew got off. wonder if it was a long lost Uboat:hmm:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/11/23/antarctica.ship/index.html
Damn, Letum. Could you have used a better thread title?
You don't want to know what went through my mind when I saw this thread.:arrgh!:
Yeah, that's what got me here too.
I have no idea what you are talking about.
I made the topic title in total innocence by quoting the BBC. I see nothing unusual.
/got my ass coverd
(Had I known of any innuendoes) who could resist? ;)
Not the online editor of the BBC news apparently! :rotfl:
Made in Finland:oops: But old, 1969 it was the first one then.'
Ssshh... if anyone asks, let's just blame the poor maintenance at their end. :yep::rotfl:
Subnuts
11-23-07, 08:18 AM
The first survivor to start singing "My Heart Will Go On" gets put back on the ship. :rotfl:
The first survivor to start singing "My Heart Will Go On" gets put back on the ship. :rotfl:
:rotfl::rotfl:
AVGWarhawk
11-23-07, 09:02 AM
The first survivor to start singing "My Heart Will Go On" gets put back on the ship. :rotfl:
:rotfl:
Updated pictures showed on the news. The ship is really going down...about ready to turn turtle.
Awwwwwwww!
The BBC just changed "Fist-sized crack" to "Fist-sized hole".
Looks like I wasn't the only one to notice.
AVGWarhawk
11-23-07, 09:58 AM
Awwwwwwww!
The BBC just changed "Fist-sized crack" to "Fist-sized hole".
Looks like I wasn't the only one to notice.
Is there really any difference from 'crack' to 'hole'?
Happy Times
11-23-07, 10:08 AM
Awwwwwwww!
The BBC just changed "Fist-sized crack" to "Fist-sized hole".
Looks like I wasn't the only one to notice.
Is there really any difference from 'crack' to 'hole'?
No..:rotfl:
Awwwwwwww!
The BBC just changed "Fist-sized crack" to "Fist-sized hole".
Looks like I wasn't the only one to notice.
Is there really any difference from 'crack' to 'hole'?
No..:rotfl:
Depends... :hmm: But let's not go to that! :rotfl:
AVGWarhawk
11-23-07, 10:25 AM
Awwwwwwww!
The BBC just changed "Fist-sized crack" to "Fist-sized hole".
Looks like I wasn't the only one to notice.
Is there really any difference from 'crack' to 'hole'?
No..:rotfl:
Depends... :hmm: But let's not go to that! :rotfl:
No pictures for demonstration purposes:88)
Awwwwwwww!
The BBC just changed "Fist-sized crack" to "Fist-sized hole".
Looks like I wasn't the only one to notice.
Is there really any difference from 'crack' to 'hole'?
No..:rotfl:
Depends... :hmm: But let's not go to that! :rotfl:
No pictures for demonstration purposes:88)
Try to stop me! :rotfl:
Crack:
http://www.inspect-ny.com/structure/ShrinkageCrack121DJFs.jpg
Hole:
http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/images/ClintHole.JPG
:88)
AVGWarhawk
11-23-07, 11:23 AM
Exhibit A: Crack
Exhibit B: hole
After much effort, I have pulled my mind from the gutter ;).
Seriously though; A fist sized hole and the ship sinks? Think about all the ships that survived from a torpedo hit. What kind of damage control did they have on this ship anyway? No compartmental integrity? And what the h*ll is a ship that can't handle that kind of damage doing putzing around in an ice field?
Maybe the water was too cold so the crew didn't want to get wet.
:nope:
I suppose they have to take the view that when 'guests' are on board, the moment a problem such as this arises, they have to 'go overboard' on safety and get them off, if it was purely a crew on the vessel, they'd probably have a crack (fist sized) at trying to repair it.
Wonder if someone doing a really bad British accent will shoot themselves when the lifeboat stations get crowded?
:D Chock
RickC Sniper
11-23-07, 07:41 PM
One fist sized hole and they will lose this ship?
Do they have no sealed compartments at all?
Subnuts
11-23-07, 08:09 PM
One fist sized hole and they will lose this ship?
Do they have no sealed compartments at all?
Or anyone trained in damage control, or collision mats, for that matter. :huh:
bookworm_020
11-25-07, 05:36 PM
Get ready for geen peace to yell out that it will become a major enviromental hazard and there should be no more ships in Antarctic waters.
"Look Jack! We're sinking!":rotfl:
XabbaRus
11-25-07, 07:19 PM
I was reading that the last time it was in the UK certain deficiencies were found including issues with the water tight doors.
bookworm_020
11-25-07, 08:55 PM
I was reading that the last time it was in the UK certain deficiencies were found including issues with the water tight doors.
The report also stated that the deficiences were fixed before the ship left port.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Explorer
baggygreen
11-25-07, 09:47 PM
What i found interesting was that the passengers were taken to military bases in antarctica... I thought that only scientific bases were permitted, i wasnt aware any military forces were allowed there??
I thought that only scientific bases were permitted, i wasnt aware any military forces were allowed there??
I wonder if a wall has gone up yet!!:lol:
Kapitan
11-26-07, 07:19 AM
Get ready for geen peace to yell out that it will become a major enviromental hazard and there should be no more ships in Antarctic waters.
"Look Jack! We're sinking!":rotfl:
Greenpeace themselves are bloody hippocrits the roll around the worlds ocean on thier ship arctic sunrise the engines on that thing produce more pollution than 3 container ships.
Kapitan
11-26-07, 07:20 AM
What i found interesting was that the passengers were taken to military bases in antarctica... I thought that only scientific bases were permitted, i wasnt aware any military forces were allowed there??
No there are parts of antartica that have been split up and owned by other countries america australia UK denmark and a few others i believe have bases there.
baggygreen
11-26-07, 04:25 PM
Interesting Kapitan, i am obnviously uninformed.
I knew that it was divided into protectorates, but i thought there was an international agreement that it was for science, not military purposes.:hmm: Oh well. learn something new every day
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