dd/mm/yy
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Ship
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2008
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Incident
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28.1.08
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Balmoral
|
The ship's inaugural sailing scheduled for January 30 has
been canaceled. After arriving in Dover four days later than panned, a
number of unforseen technical isues emerged and led to the cancelation.
The Caribbean cruise scheduled for February 13 remains on schedule.
|
Canceled Sailing
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dd/mm/yy
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Ship
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2007
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Incident
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18.9.07
|
Black Prince |
A 29-night round trip voyage from Liverpool was cut short
following damage to the ship's propeller. Two subsequent cruises
have also been cancelled to allow for repairs. The ship was on
its homeward leg while in the Corinth Canal when it sustained the
damage; the decision to end the cruise was made after divers in
Algeciras found more extensive damage than had originally been
assessed. The ship will proceed to drydock for repairs.
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Damaged Propeller -- Cruise Cancelled
|
28.7.07
|
Black Watch |
The
ship, with 700 passengers, was quarantined at Stockholm after an outbreak of
Legionnaires disease onboard. Seven elderly passengers were taken
to hospital while the
remaining passengers were not allowed to go ashore. The ship was
disinfected and then left on its return voyage to the UK, returning to
Dover two days earlier than originally scheduled. Tests onboard
the ship have not yet located the source of the illness; there is
suspicion that the source may have been onshore.
|
Illness
--
Legionnaires |
dd/mm/yy
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Ship
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2006 and earlier
|
Incident
|
7.7.06
|
Black Prince
|
The ship was deep-cleaned after the illness outbreak on the
previous cruise. This caused a delayed departure and shortened
the cruise to Copenhagen and St. Petersburg from 12 days to 10
days. As the cruise line materially changed the itinerary,
passengers could cancel without penalty -- approximately 20 percent of
passengers booked on the cruise departing today cancelled out.
|
Itinerary change
|
4.7.06
|
Black Prince
|
About 100 passengers have been affected by a vomiting
virus
similar to the one that hit the vessel earlier in June. On that
trip, 136 passengers were confirmed to have been affected by
norovirus. A hand full of passengers were ill on the cruise that
followed and then a large outbreak on the current cruise which left
Leith on June 22 and returned from its 13 day excursion of Iceland and
Greenland on July 5. The
ship will be thoroughly disinfected before the next cruise (including
replacement of carpets and some furnishings). |
Illness |
9.6.06
|
Black Prince
|
126 of 412 (30%) passengers contracted gastronintenstinal
intestinal illness during the current cruise (84 (20.38%) were
reportedly quarantined). The ship left
Leith, Edinburgh on a seven
day cruise to the Norwegian
fjords and is due back in port on Saturday.
It will depart for its next cruise one day late in order to fully
sanitize the ship. |
Illness |
27.4.04
|
Black Prince
|
Enroute
to her first journey after engine repairs, the ship
broke down just off Southampton docks. 412 passengers waiting to
take a mini-cruise to Ireland and the Channel Islands had to wait until
evening for the ship's arrival, which had been left without power.
|
Engine failure
|
29.3.04
|
Black Prince
|
One
of the ship's two main engines broke down on its transatlantic
crossing. The March 11th cruise ended on March 29, and the
following cruise is also cancelled. The ship will re-enter
sevrvice April 27.
|
Engine Breakdown / Cancellation
|
5.12.02
|
Black Watch
|
Mechanical
trouble --
problem with one of the engines and a propeller -- and delayed 2 days
in arrival into the port at Southampton. The next cruise was
delayed.
|
Engine problems
|
3.12.02
|
Black Watch
|
Mechanical
problems with one of the engines and a propeller
forced the ship to slow down, causing it to arrive at Southampton two
days late. The following cruise is delayed.
|
Engine problems
|
| 4.3.02 |
Black
Prince
|
Ran
aground on a sand bank while leaving Casilda, Cuba. After several
unsuccessful attempts to free ship, passengers evacuated and bused to
Havana for flights home. |
Grounded
|
14.1.98
|
Black Prince
|
Ran into a freak wave that
smached three windows on the bvridge and caused electrical equipment to
fail. The ship returned to Dover for repairs and then resumed its
cruise.
|
Freak wave
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