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Topic: OCEAN COUNTESS ON FIRE

Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 11-30-2013 01:18 PM

Clip at YouTube

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Michael13
First Class Passenger
Member # 78741

posted 11-30-2013 01:47 PM

Poor ship! She was a beauty! Does anyone know further details?

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Maru
First Class Passenger
Member # 3500

posted 11-30-2013 04:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Ernst:
Clip at YouTube

Fire under mysterious circumstances occurred at noon Saturday, Nov. 30 aboard the cruise ship Ocean Countess, with the flag of Portugal, shipyards Halkida.

Five people aboard this removed promptly, without any injury and is in good health.

Point went floating boat fire to extinguish fire.

NEWS

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[ 11-30-2013: Message edited by: Maru ]

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 12-01-2013 09:07 AM

She is unfortunately still burning and now listing as of lunchtime today.

Pam

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 12-01-2013 01:09 PM

article at zougla.gr with some pictures

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SSTRAVELER
First Class Passenger
Member # 15170

posted 12-01-2013 05:24 PM

This is the best set of pictures I have seen of her ... she looks to be totally burnt out in the center section at this point. The fire appears to have reached the upper decks and intensified over night.

http://www.odin.tc/newsru/read.asp?articleID=2601

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 12-02-2013 01:36 PM

No working fire sprinklers?

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 12-02-2013 02:05 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:
No working fire sprinklers?

Probably not since she was laid up which usually means that all systems are shut down. Also, most sprinkler system are not capable or meant to extinguish a fire - they slow down the spreading of the fire but not more than that.

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 12-02-2013 05:26 PM

Hmmm...sounds like an insurance fire.

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 12-02-2013 05:37 PM

Doesn't look good

not sure when that was taken.

Pam

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SSTRAVELER
First Class Passenger
Member # 15170

posted 12-02-2013 09:55 PM

The whole center section now appears to be burnt out all the way up to the pool deck. TCL I am sure.

I am sure the fire systems were down because she was on shore power at best and had a small (if any) fire watch. But I am surprised the fire doors were not closed to prevent the spread of the fire.

She joins a long list of ships lost in the shipyards of Greece.

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DAMBROSI2
First Class Passenger
Member # 35998

posted 12-14-2013 11:23 AM

This is so sad, she was my second seven day cruise ship. Are there any interior photos of her in anyone's collections on here?

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jetwet1
First Class Passenger
Member # 6361

posted 12-16-2013 09:51 AM

So sad, my father worked on board as a bar tender during the 70's. It's the only one of his ships that I never got a chance to sail on

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Westerdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 2093

posted 12-28-2013 08:22 PM

Have there been any updates or new pictures of her post-fire? All has seemingly gone quiet.

Nathan

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 01-05-2014 10:56 AM

Two pictures of Ocean Countess showing her after fire:

Ocean Countess - January 02, 2014

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 01-06-2014 09:41 AM

Oh well, that's another beauty lost.

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-06-2014 06:30 AM

She was sold for scrap and the tug for the tow, Christos XXII, arrived alongside her early this morning.

Pam

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-12-2014 08:46 PM

On the beach

Pam

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