Bajansailor
Well-Known Member
Although this time it is in relation to a pod drive slightly larger than what most folk on here might have.
Apart from being caught up in a hurricane, the Royal Caribbean cruise liner 'Anthem of the Seas' also sustained a failure of her port azipod drive when all the clutches failed (too much torque perhaps?).
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-coast-guar...n-azipod-on-storm-damaged-anthem-of-the-seas/
http://maritime-executive.com/article/anthem-of-the-seas-suffered-propulsion-damage-in-storm
G-Captain also has this story singing praises for the obvious seaworthiness of the vessel, never mind that she looks 'top heavy'.
http://gcaptain.com/anthem-of-the-seas-and-the-storm-more-seaworthy-than-she-looks/
One would tend to think that a container ship should be more seaworthy in a hurricane than a block-of-flats cruise ship, but the El Faro was not as fortunate as Anthem when she encountered a hurricane on her way to Puerto Rico last October.
http://gcaptain.com/ntsb-releases-el-faro-wreckage-photos-and-video/
Apart from being caught up in a hurricane, the Royal Caribbean cruise liner 'Anthem of the Seas' also sustained a failure of her port azipod drive when all the clutches failed (too much torque perhaps?).
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-coast-guar...n-azipod-on-storm-damaged-anthem-of-the-seas/
http://maritime-executive.com/article/anthem-of-the-seas-suffered-propulsion-damage-in-storm
G-Captain also has this story singing praises for the obvious seaworthiness of the vessel, never mind that she looks 'top heavy'.
http://gcaptain.com/anthem-of-the-seas-and-the-storm-more-seaworthy-than-she-looks/
One would tend to think that a container ship should be more seaworthy in a hurricane than a block-of-flats cruise ship, but the El Faro was not as fortunate as Anthem when she encountered a hurricane on her way to Puerto Rico last October.
http://gcaptain.com/ntsb-releases-el-faro-wreckage-photos-and-video/