- This Crown Princess began operation in 2006. An earlier Crown Princess (entered service in 1990, left fleet in 2002) now operates as AIDAblu.
Crown Princess is the newest member of the Grand Class ships owned and operated by Princess Cruises. Her maiden voyage took place on June 14, 2006, departing Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York for Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, and Port Canaveral, Florida. As of July 2006, the Crown Princess will be sailing from Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York to ports in the eastern and western Caribbean. Her "Godmother" is publisher, TV personality and ex-convict Martha Stewart. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2032x1524, 439 KB)Crown Princess, Cockburn Town, Grand Turk Island, June 2006, I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
Cockburn Town is the capital city of the Turks and Caicos Islands, located on the largest island in that archipelago, Grand Turk Island. ...
The Turks and Caicos Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, southeast of the Bahamas, at 21°45N, 71°35W. The thirty islands total 166 sq. ...
June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ...
2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The fourth ship constructed for AIDA Cruises, AIDAblu was launched in 2004. ...
Sea Princess at Fort-de-France Princess Cruises is an American cruise line made famous by The Love Boat TV series, in which two of its former ships, the Island Princess and Pacific Princess were featured. ...
June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ...
2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A Holland-Style Factory Building in Red Hook Red Hook circa 1875 Red Hook is a neighborhood of the Borough of Brooklyn, New York, USA. Before annexation into Brooklyn, Red Hook was a separate village. ...
NY redirects here. ...
The Turks and Caicos Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, southeast of the Bahamas, at 21°45N, 71°35W. The thirty islands total 166 sq. ...
The Turks and Caicos Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, southeast of the Bahamas, at 21°45N, 71°35W. The thirty islands total 166 sq. ...
July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
West Indian redirects here. ...
Martha Stewart (born August 3, 1941) is an American business magnate, author, editor, former stock broker, model, and homemaking advocate. ...
Listing Incident
On July 18, 2006 at approximately 3:30 pm, one hour after departing her last port of call in Port Canaveral, Florida, the Crown Princess reported "listing" or making "heavy turns" to the port side, about 16-19 degrees from the horizontal. The Coast Guard was contacted shortly after and crews arrived within minutes to assist the troubled vessel. The cruise ship was on its way home to New York City, and the decision was made to return to Port Canaveral due to what was initially thought to be a malfunction in the steering equipment, causing a severe tilting of the ship and injuries.[1] But a confidential source from the Coast Guard allegedly told a Florida television station that a junior officer "panicked," then took the ship out of automatic pilot thinking a meter was showing that the ship was turning too sharply to one side. But instead of turning the Crown Princess back to the right, the junior officer accidentally kept the ship in an even sharper left hand turn - similar to over-correcting in a car. This caused the massive 113,000-ton cruise ship to list severely, tumbling passengers, pool water and everything else on board into chaos. [2] July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ...
2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The rocket booster recovery ship Freedom Star with a spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-114 launch in tow as it makes it way through Port Canaveral. ...
This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States armed forces involved in maritime law enforcement, mariner assistance, search and rescue, and national defense, among other duties of coast guards elsewhere. ...
Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area - City 1,214. ...
A number of passengers were critically injured, one suffering breathing difficulties after being hit in the chest by an airborne chair. Water from the four on-board pools poured into staircases and lift shafts. Most injuries were on the outdoor areas of Decks 15 and 16, where large beach chairs and tables hit and injured passengers. The other area that had many injured passengers was the balcony areas in the grand atrium. Many there were hit by falling objects and heavy marble tables. One woman with an extended hospital stay was thrown against the glass wall on Deck 15 and covered by pool chairs and water from the pool themselves, being trapped underwater for several terrifying seconds. One passenger said "Afterward it was like a war zone with people walking around bleeding." and another added "All the windows were smashed. The top deck looked like a hurricane had hit it." [3]
Amazingly, no passengers went overboard, despite the heavy list.
As of 8:30 AM PT July 19, Princess says that "approximately 240 passengers [were] treated onboard for various injuries such as abrasions, bruises and fractures, of which 94 were transferred to local hospitals ashore for evaluation and treatment." July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ...
This makes the incident the worst accident in the history of modern day cruising. The last severe incident affecting hundreds on a cruise ship was the capsizing of the M.S. Estonia in the Baltic Sea claiming 852 lives.
The matter was referred to the National Transportation Safety Board and United States Coast Guard for investigation. After an internal review by Princess Cruises, its president Alan Buckelew publicly stated that "the incident was due to human error and the appropriate personnel changes have been made." [4] With approval from the Coast Guard and the Bermuda flag authorities, the vessel returned to service. A full refund was given to all passengers on the ill-fated cruise, and a 50% refund to passengers on the following cruise which was set to depart July 20 but instead departed from Brooklyn on July 22. Since then, Crown Princess has resumed her normal schedule. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is a U.S. government independent organization responsible for investigation of accidents involving aviation, highway, marine, pipelines and railroads in the United States. ...
References - ^ Cruise Ship Mishap Injures Dozens
- ^ I-Team: Cruise Ship's List Caused By Human Error
- ^ Rae, Charles (July 20, 2006). "Cruise Brits in 'Titanic' Terror". The Sun (UK), p. 9.
- ^ Princess Cruises' Letter to Passengers (24 July 2006)
External links - Princess Cruises site
- Cruise Critic review
- Statement on the incident
- 250+ Photos of the Crown Princess
|
Feeds |
Contact