Re: Shipbuilder Launches Burned Liner !!!

[Odysseus]

I hope this is not an omen of a jinxed ship. Has anybody heard of this
ship?

M/S SVEA CORONA 1975
Sundancer 1984
Pegasus 1985
Ionian Express 1994-95

http://shiplover3.stormpages.com/Sweden/SveaCorona.html

>
>About 40 percent of the 113,000-ton cruise ship was severely damaged by
>the fire last year. But repairs have been completed and the ship will
>undergo final interior touches at the shipyard's dock before being
>delivered to its owner, British shipping company P&O Princess Cruises
>PLC, next May.
>

[Don W]

Pegasus has had some rough luck . We were on here in the late 80's
(early 90's?) when Regent Tours of Toronto chartered her for
Carribbean Cruises. It was replaced by MTS Triton . Pegasus was
adequate for the money , but it was obvious it was a car ferry . It
looked like one and rode like one. We did enjoy the Greek influences
on board ! Hopa !
Don W.



Odysseus > wrote in message news:<CIu9b.466465$Ho3.78151@sccrnsc03>...
> I hope this is not an omen of a jinxed ship. Has anybody heard of this
> ship?
>
> M/S SVEA CORONA 1975
> Sundancer 1984
> Pegasus 1985
> Ionian Express 1994-95
>
>

[KeithF4281]

Fires while building are not that uncommon, but obviously this one was worse
than most.

Voyager of the Seas suffered a fire during her construction, so has Queen Mary
2, etc, etc. Lots of welding with lots of combustibles around (and above/below
sometimes these are set off by welding the deck below, igniting stuff one deck
up).

Regards, Keith

[MarkT]

Tell me you don't live under a rock! First, you worry about jinxes (there
are no such things) and then you post on a cruise board about the biggest
fire to hit a cruise ship in years, not knowing about the Princess ship.

Time for you to do a search on the Internet using Princess, fire and Japan
as your key words.


"Odysseus" > wrote in message news:CIu9b.466465$Ho3.78151@sccrnsc03...
> I hope this is not an omen of a jinxed ship. Has anybody heard of this
> ship?
>
> M/S SVEA CORONA 1975
> Sundancer 1984
> Pegasus 1985
> Ionian Express 1994-95
>
> http://shiplover3.stormpages.com/Sweden/SveaCorona.html
>
> >
> >About 40 percent of the 113,000-ton cruise ship was severely damaged by
> >the fire last year. But repairs have been completed and the ship will
> >undergo final interior touches at the shipyard's dock before being
> >delivered to its owner, British shipping company P&O Princess Cruises
> >PLC, next May.
> >
>

[Odysseus]

Actually, I don't believe in jinxes. However, there are some ships that by
chance have much more than their share of bad luck. I knew about the Princess
fire last year. The captain of the Dawn Princess told the passengers that it
would cause one their new ships to be renamed.

>
>
>Tell me you don't live under a rock! First, you worry about jinxes (there
>are no such things) and then you post on a cruise board about the biggest
>fire to hit a cruise ship in years, not knowing about the Princess ship.
>
>Time for you to do a search on the Internet using Princess, fire and Japan
>as your key words.
>
>
>"Odysseus" > wrote in message news:CIu9b.466465$Ho3.78151@sccrnsc03...
>> I hope this is not an omen of a jinxed ship. Has anybody heard of this
>> ship?
>>
>> M/S SVEA CORONA 1975
>> Sundancer 1984
>> Pegasus 1985
>> Ionian Express 1994-95
>>
>> http://shiplover3.stormpages.com/Sweden/SveaCorona.html
>>
>> >
>> >About 40 percent of the 113,000-ton cruise ship was severely damaged by
>> >the fire last year. But repairs have been completed and the ship will
>> >undergo final interior touches at the shipyard's dock before being
>> >delivered to its owner, British shipping company P&O Princess Cruises
>> >PLC, next May.
>> >
>>
>
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