by Randy Hees » Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:14 pm
There are more modern losses...
The Titanic was the first ship to broadcast an "SOS"
The last to broadcast an "SOS" was the Holland American Prisendam in 1982 in the gulf of Alaska... She was the victim of an engine room fire which couldn't be controlled without flooding the space, then, without power, they couldn't save the ship. They went to the life boats, but all survived.
My wife likes to cruise... sometimes she takes me... we have been on two ships which have since sunk, The Britannius, sailing for Chandris, previously the Matson Line Masonia, later Lurline, which sank off Africa under tow, and the Regent sea, previously the Swedish American line MS Gripsholm... also sank off Africa under tow.
Of course, in the last year or so, there have been a couple of high profile engine room fires, and one ship (Costa Concordia) that hit rocks and turned turtle...
To close the circle... tomorrow, the lovely wife and I are attending a Titanic party, in costume (I am in tails and white vest and tie.) Our hosts are both board members of a local standard gauge railroad museum... It might be a celebration of her birthday.
Randy