Carnival Triumph - Cursed Ship

[Bubba1235]

The Carnival Triumph -- the cruise ship that lost propulsion in the Gulf of Mexico in February, eventually leaving thousands of passengers stranded aboard with backed up toilets and limited food -- broke loose from its moorings at a shipyard in Mobile, Ala.

"Due to strong winds in Mobile, Ala., Carnival Triumph, which was docked at a Mobile shipyard, broke away from its moorings," Carnival said in a statement. "The ship drifted and is currently resting against a cargo vessel. Tug boats and the U.S. Coast Guard are on site."

She struck a U.S. Army vessel and sustained a large hole and scrape on her stern. Two workers also fell into the water, one of which was rescued and hospitalized while the other remains missing.



I don't believe I'll be booking a voyage on her...

 

[angus63]

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I think she was a blow boat in a previous life...

 

[southkogs]

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"Great news boss! The Triumph is back out to sea!! BUT ..."

I saw that earlier and wondered what the board room at Carnival sounded like this afternoon.

 

[QC]

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Makes me feel a lot better about any mistakes I have made. I freak out if the boat is a little crooked in a slip, so I always use a spring line even for a few minutes. How the heck do all the lines and ties break? 70 MPH is a lot, but still ...

 

[rbh]

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Sounds like the carnival ship breaking loose was the least of the problems when the winds hit, there was something about a crane topling over?

 

[GA_Boater]

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I wonder how many square feet of "sail" one side of that ship represents? But, like you I would think if they knew a blow like that was coming they'd have put more lines on her. I guess that's why they say hindsight is 20/20.

After all that's happened what do you think the odds are they'll rename her for marketing purposes?

I wonder how many other ships broke away? Oh - none. I've got a great new name for her - "Carnival Cruise Lines Triumph Artificial Fishing Reef"

 

[southkogs]

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IAfter all that's happened what do you think the odds are they'll rename her for marketing purposes?

I can only imagine what the P&L figures look like annually on a boat like that ... wow! They're gonna' have to do something with it, that's for sure.

 

[QC]

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Maybe she will show up in our Restore section. Make her into a Container Ship or something.

 

[GA_Boater]

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Well I'd suggest the first thing is installing a reliable genset. :lol:

They'll probably post it in Chrysler/Force O/B section.

 

[southkogs]

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Maybe she will show up in our Restore section. Make her into a Container Ship or something.

Maybe Oops/Ward needs something to stretch out a few feet

 

[LongLine]

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Sounds to me like that ship really wants to stay out to sea. Kind of like the Flying Dutchman.

Tom B.
(LongLine)

 

[MH Hawker]

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I am waiting on it to be posted on CL

 

[kenmyfam]

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They'll probably post it in Chrysler/Force O/B section.

Hilarious !!!!

 

[kenmyfam]

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I am waiting on it to be posted on CL

Another great comment !!!

 

[angus63]

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I can imagine the log entries. Marketing will undoubtedly put their spin on this. "On the bright side, the vessel gallons per mile propulsion costs have significantly improved over the last month."

 

[MTboatguy]

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They need to do what we used to do with cursed items when I lived in Hawaii, they need to call a Kahuna, get it blessed and re-name it something else.

 

[TilliamWe]

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...Two workers also fell into the water, one of which was rescued and hospitalized while the other remains missing...

I won't make any jokes, considering this time someone has died. Very sad.

 

[angus63]

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I won't make any jokes, considering this time someone has died. Very sad.

It is certainly tragic that someone died during the storm in the port. I am certain nobody meant any disrespect. And just for clarity, the worker who died was a BAE security guard who was in a guard shack in the vicinity of the cruise ship, but was not associated with the cruise ship. The freak front created 60-70 mph gusts that hoisted the shack into the drink with two people inside. Only one survived. All Carnival employees and contractors were unharmed.