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njteech
First Class Passenger
Member # 727

posted 05-28-2003 11:43 AM

Just wonderin' if anyone has any insights or info on the recent SS Norway explosion? Was it steam related? Tough break for the crew...

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Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 05-29-2003 12:19 AM

Look at the other threads about this accident. There are many insights there. For me, I hope NCL can fix her up and put her back in service. i think it has to do with her boilers and leaks in the pipes.

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njteech
First Class Passenger
Member # 727

posted 06-03-2003 01:28 PM

found this, Good explanation

[ 06-03-2003: Message edited by: joe at travelpage ]

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Frank X. Prudent
First Class Passenger
Member # 1723

posted 06-03-2003 02:31 PM

There are some excellent links listed on this NORWAY site. It's well worth going to some of those links about steam machinery, and having steam mechanics put into understandable English!

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joe at travelpage
Administrator
Member # 622

posted 06-03-2003 02:40 PM

Here are the direct links:

How Steam Engines Work

Martin's Marine Engineering

History of Steam Engines

Joe at TravelPage.com

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njteech
First Class Passenger
Member # 727

posted 06-04-2003 09:10 AM

found this link too...

http://www.ship-technology.com/contractors/propulsion/propulsion.html

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njteech
First Class Passenger
Member # 727

posted 06-28-2003 07:07 PM

Norway sails OUT of Miami

http://www.naplesnews.com/03/06/florida/d945502a.htm

Hope we'll see her again!

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shipcafe
First Class Passenger
Member # 3959

posted 06-28-2003 08:10 PM

Did the Norway actually have to "pull up anchor", according to that article, given that she was docked in Miami? . . .

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sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 06-28-2003 09:49 PM

I think they were just using a figure of speech. From photos shown of her she was docked. I may be wrong.!

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 06-30-2003 11:57 AM

I had heard from a former crew member that the boiler that exploded had trouble in 1999 off of Barcelona

quote:
Originally posted by sympatico:
I think they were just using a figure of speech. From photos shown of her she was docked. I may be wrong.!

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norman warren
First Class Passenger
Member # 1602

posted 06-30-2003 06:28 PM

sometimes the anchor is used even at the dock,so it could have been a true statement.

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linerlover
First Class Passenger
Member # 3177

posted 06-30-2003 08:08 PM

Why does the article state that "4" tugs will take her to Germany? Everything else I've read (and photos I've seen) say the Smitwijs Rotterdam is towing her across the pond. NCL has also said that a shipyard has yet to be determined. Even the tug capt. doesn't know where it will be.

Marilyn

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sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 06-30-2003 08:10 PM

quote:
Originally posted by norman warren:
sometimes the anchor is used even at the dock,so it could have been a true statement.

Norm - I thought of that after I submitted my post, but didn't bother going back and editing it. I can remember being docked while on the Rotterdam V and watching them "wheel in" (think the word is winch, isn't it) those huge chains and anchors at the bow.

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njteech
First Class Passenger
Member # 727

posted 07-22-2003 09:34 AM

The Norway, Norwegian Cruise Line's damaged ocean liner, will not sail again until spring 2004 -- at the earliest.
The ship, which suffered a boiler explosion in May, had been slated to return Oct. 5, but that timetable was too ambitious for any boiler manufacturer to meet, NCL said in a statement.

All passengers booked and deposited on the Norway will receive a full refund and a $50 onboard credit per person to switch to other NCL ships if they rebook by Sept. 30.

Passengers eager to sail on the Norway should hold off, at least for now: NCL will take the ship off sale, saying "it would not be fair or appropriate to announce a further launch date."

The ship will lay up at the Lloyd Werft repair yard in Bremerhaven, Germany, until a final decision has been made on which yard will win the repair contract.

I hope they repair her right so she'll sail for many years.

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gohaze
First Class Passenger
Member # 586

posted 07-22-2003 10:00 AM

Sympatico....you 'let go' - that's the order, an anchor to 'drop' it. Then you 'hoist away' to bring it up until the last few feet when you 'bring it home' and secure it.

As for "four tugs to take her" - the deep sea tug won't take her into confined tidal waters, that's not their job. So it'll take 4 smaller more manoevreable tugs to take her into the shipyard.

....peter

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njteech
First Class Passenger
Member # 727

posted 07-26-2003 09:27 AM

Here are the pics of Norway docking. Hope they repair her.

http://www.bremerhavenpilot.de/galerie12.html

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