Antarctic Cruise Ship Lost Engine
As the ship began listing passengers were called to the muster station about 1 am.
Antarctic cruise ship lost engine. Antarctic Cruise ship on way to Argentina with 88 Americans on board looses engine and communication watch the video. 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 impact resulted in the shutdown of the starboard engine and the loss of electrical power aboard ship.
Watch this report just happened a few hours ago. 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. At the time the weather in the Drake Passage was at its worst with 30-foot waves battering the ship.
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. 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. A number of cruise ships have recently experienced serious engine and propulsion issues.
Dramatic video of Antarctic Cruise ship in rough seas after losing engine Read More 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. 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. From Russia Today.
A spokesman for the Hurtigruten cruise linesays the ship had engine problems and lost power shortly before the accident on Friday. Then the electricity cut out and we lost the engine Flood said. 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.
The ship has 100 passengers and 60 crew members aboard. The captain was quoted as saying that it made this same cruise 159 times and never encountered such high waves 30ft. Initially Antarctic was used for seal hunting around Svalbard Jan Mayen and Greenland.
