Which cruise liner caught fire and burned out in Gladstone Dock, Liverpool in 1953?
"Atlantic convoy escorts and minesweepers were based in the dock. In 1942 the National Fire Service opened a fire station on Fort Road and had a berth for some of its fireboats adjoining the NW Wall of the Dock, this remained open until 1946. On 25 January 1953, the liner RMS ""Empress of Canada"" caught fire and capsized in Gladstone Number One Branch Dock. She was refloated the following year and towed to Gladstone Graving Dock to be made watertight, in preparation for being scrapped in Italy. Transatlantic passenger services continued to use the dock until all such services from"
"Reverend Joseph Clarke who was one of the survivors. PS Orion (1847) Orion was a G & J Burns paddle steamer, built by Caird & Co in 1847, which sank off Portpatrick Lighthouse, Wigtownshire, Scotland, in June 1850 on its way from Liverpool to Glasgow, with the loss of 50 lives. The captain was found guilty of the ""culpable bereavement of the lives of the passengers"" and was imprisoned for 18 months. The 2nd mate was transported. The eminent surgeon John Burns was one of the passengers killed in the accident. The incident was recorded in the 1851 book ""The"
"the vessel had been completely dismantled. HMS Liverpool (C11) HMS ""Liverpool"", named after the port city of Liverpool in north-west England, was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy in service from 1938 to 1952. During the Second World War, ""Liverpool"" gained four battle honours and was seriously damaged in two attacks by Italian torpedo bombers. The cruiser operated variously with the naval stations in the East Indies and China and with the Mediterranean and Home fleets. While assigned as flagship to the China Station in January 1940, the cruiser instigated a diplomatic incident with Japan when she intercepted"
"most famous cruise, associated with the coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II (who had christened the ""Caronia"" six years earlier). The ship was used as a hotel, as most of the accommodation in the United Kingdom was fully booked. ""Caronia"" ran aground at Messina, Sicily, Italy, on 31 May 1956, but was refloated the next day. Her annual refit in November 1956 saw ""Caronia"" modernised for southern cruising with air-conditioning outfitted through the entire ship. Her world cruise of 1958 saw her suffer the most serious accident of her career. Sailing slowly out of Yokohama harbour to avoid collision with"
"MS The Calypso Caly was a cruise liner owned by Louis Cruises, and was under charter to Thomson Cruises, part of TUI Travel at one time. Earlier names of the ship are ""Canguro Verde"", ""Durr"", ""Ionian Harmony"", ""Sun Fiesta"", ""Regent Jewel"", ""Calypso"" and ""The Calypso"". In April 2013, she was beached in Alang, India, for scrapping. On Saturday 6 May 2006 at 4 am the starboard engine caught fire 16 miles off Eastbourne while it was carrying 708 people from Tilbury to Saint Peter Port on Guernsey. The crew put the fire out. The passengers meanwhile were assemble in the"
"HMS Liverpool (C11) HMS ""Liverpool"", named after the port city of Liverpool in north-west England, was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy in service from 1938 to 1952. During the Second World War, ""Liverpool"" gained four battle honours and was seriously damaged in two attacks by Italian torpedo bombers. The cruiser operated variously with the naval stations in the East Indies and China and with the Mediterranean and Home fleets. While assigned as flagship to the China Station in January 1940, the cruiser instigated a diplomatic incident with Japan when she intercepted the liner ""Asama Maru"" off the"
"trials carrier (1948–53) and was disposed of in 1954. ""Indomitable"" was completely refit to like-new condition, only to suffer a severe gasoline explosion on board, which caused """"considerable structural and electrical damage to the ship"""". ""Indomitable"" was refitted between 1948 and 1950 and served as flagship of the Home Fleet then served a tour of duty in the Mediterranean, where she was damaged by the petrol explosion. She was partially repaired before proceeding under her own power to Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 Coronation Review, before being placed in reserve in 1954. ""Indomitable"" was scrapped in 1956. The explosion which occurred"
"attempt to extinguish the fire. They were unsuccessful and the vessel continued to burn for the next couple of days, with the fire only going out after the superstructure collapsed. One crew member was lost in the fire, with the others returning to Prince Rupert on ""Prince George"" sister, ""Prince Rupert"". When the burned out hulk was refloated is disputed, with most sources stating it happened between 1948 and 1953. The hulk was taken to Seattle where it was broken up for scrap. After the loss of ""Prince George"", CN announced plans for a new . This ship was launched"
"and construction of the light cruiser HMS ""Bellerophon"", as well as some merchant shipping, was halted to expedite the ship's completion. This was unsuccessful, however, due to a shortage of skilled labour. As a result, it was not until 30 November 1944 that the ship was launched. Princess Elizabeth presided over this ceremony, the first ship she ever launched, and was presented with a diamond rose brooch to commemorate the event. Two yard workers were killed and six others injured when a ""blinding explosion ripped"" the ship in a fitting-out basin at Clydebank on 16 September 1945. Captain William Gladstone"
"Lancaster"". RMS Duke of Lancaster (1928) The RMS Duke of Lancaster was a steamer passenger ship operated by the London Midland and Scottish Railway from 1928 to 1956. She was commissioned with two other ships, and . Built at William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton and completed in 1928, she was designed to operate as a passenger ferry on the Heysham to Belfast. In May 1929 she sustained slight damage after a collision with her sister ship ""Duke of Rothesay"". On 27 November 1931 she caught fire in Heysham Harbour, Lancashire, England, and burned for 24 hours. She capsized on 28"
"ships. They were practically out of ammunition but even had they been full up I think they would have gone. The Commanding Officer of ""Fiji"" told me that the air over ""Gloucester"" was black with planes."" The ship's wreck is a controlled site under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. Amongst the crewmen lost was the former Southampton footballer Norman Catlin. HMS Gloucester (62) HMS ""Gloucester"" was one of the last batch of three light cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the late 1930s. Commissioned shortly before the start of World War II in August 1939, the ship"
"the Royal Navy on 23 October 1952. ""Duchess"" was initially assigned to the British Home Fleet in January 1953. During January, the ship was involved in training exercises with other Home Fleet units. On 26 January, while alongside in Portland Harbour, a furnace explosion and oil fire in A boiler room killed a stoker and severely burned three others. Although able to sail that afternoon, it took a further ten days of dockyard work to repair the damage. During February and March, ""Duchess"" and other ships of the Home Fleet sailed to Gibraltar for exercises. Most of April was taken"
"RMS Duke of Lancaster (1928) The RMS Duke of Lancaster was a steamer passenger ship operated by the London Midland and Scottish Railway from 1928 to 1956. She was commissioned with two other ships, and . Built at William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton and completed in 1928, she was designed to operate as a passenger ferry on the Heysham to Belfast. In May 1929 she sustained slight damage after a collision with her sister ship ""Duke of Rothesay"". On 27 November 1931 she caught fire in Heysham Harbour, Lancashire, England, and burned for 24 hours. She capsized on 28 November."
"January 1933, while traveling between Bordeaux and Le Havre to be refitted, the liner caught fire around from the Isle of Guernsey. The blaze was believed to have started in a first class stateroom, and was discovered by the ship's crew at around 3:30 in the morning. The fire spread rapidly, and by early morning the ship's captain, Rene Schoofs, ordered the crew of 200 to abandon ship. Four freighters responded to the ship's distress call, one of which, the SS ""Achilles"", a Dutch steamship, rescued the entire crew. During the afternoon, ""L'Atlantique"" began listing to port, and on 5"
"of London. Bought in September 1897 by the Adelaide Steamship Company and was rebuilt in 1904. She was gutted by fire on 6 March 1920. The ship was carrying a cargo including 'benzine' and was near Dunk Island when, at 5 am, there was a violent explosion in the after hold, followed almost immediately by an explosion in the forward hold. Flames higher than the mast emerged from the after hold and set fire to the ship's boats and superstructure. The first mate was sitting on a hatch at the time of the first explosion and disappeared; some human bones"
"by P&O in 1971 and the ferries subsequently took on the P&O Ferries colours, with pale blue funnels. The service closed in 1981 and both ships were laid up in Ostend. ""Ulster Queen"" saw further service as ""Med Sea"", ""Al Kahera"" and ""Ala-Eddin"". In 1988, she was bought by Hellenic Mediterranean Lines, and renamed ""Poseidonia"". On 2 November 2005, she caught fire during a voyage from Suez to Jeddah. One crew member was lost. The following day, she sank on Hyndman Reef, Safaga and lies as a wreck. MV Ulster Queen (1967) MV ""Ulster Queen"" was a passenger ferry operated"
"PS Orion (1847) Orion was a G & J Burns paddle steamer, built by Caird & Co in 1847, which sank off Portpatrick Lighthouse, Wigtownshire, Scotland, in June 1850 on its way from Liverpool to Glasgow, with the loss of 50 lives. The captain was found guilty of the ""culpable bereavement of the lives of the passengers"" and was imprisoned for 18 months. The 2nd mate was transported. The eminent surgeon John Burns was one of the passengers killed in the accident. The incident was recorded in the 1851 book ""The wreck of the Orion, a Tribute of Gratitude"" by"
"added a new pier-head berthing pontoon, and in 1930 the current art deco pavilion was added. In 1931, a fire started in the seaward-end theatre, which, after a sea and land-based rescue, saved all 800 people on board at that time. The pier was rebuilt, strengthened with additional concrete columns, but without the wooden theatre. In 1947, the 7,130 ton steamship the SS ""Port Royal Park"", under the flag of the Tavistock Shipping Company, collided with the pier, causing severe damage that was not repaired for several years. In August 1966, a 600-ton pleasure steamer, Bristol Queen, hit the pier"
"the ship was sold to Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines and renamed ""Boudicca"". Following changing of her main engines at the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, the ship entered service with Fred. Olsen in February 2006. In March 2010, the ship was relocated to its new base in Liverpool, England, where it has replaced the MV ""Black Prince"", which was also owned by Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines. On 25 January 2015, the ship carrying more than 1,000 people was left without power off Morocco after an engine room fire. The fire at 04:00 BST left the ship ""listing"" and"
"the Spanish operator Quail Cruises for a series of Mediterranean cruises from Valencia. In April 2010, the refitted ""Ocean Countess"" joined ""Marco Polo"" in an extensive cruise programme from British ports for the recently-formed company Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV). In late 2012 ""Ocean Countess"" left the CMV fleet, with a final 13-night Canary Islands & Madeira “Farewell Voyage” which ended in Barcelona instead of returning to Liverpool; she was replaced by the ""MV Discovery"". On 30 November 2013 the central superstructure of the ship caught fire at Chalkis, Greece while laid up prior to an anticipated return to service"
"fire in Rangoon. In the 1920s and '30s P Henderson had a number of new ships built, including a new in 1921. P Henderson suffered greater losses in the Second World War. On 24 November 1939 the ""Pegu"" ran around in the area of the Crosby Channel off Liverpool. She broke her back and was wrecked in separate bow and stern sections. On 13 July 1940 the German auxiliary cruiser ""Atlantis"" sank the passenger and cargo liner in the middle of the Indian Ocean by shellfire. On 9 April 1942 the passenger ship was in Trincomalee in Ceylon when aircraft"
"mm light AA of Boffin and Buster mounts. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. On 29th September 1953, she was involved in a collision with the destroyer , which led to a fierce fire in the bridge cable trunk. Which carries all the electrical cabling to the bridge, ops room, foremast and DCT. She remained inactive until beginning a major refit in February 1957 at Chatham Dockyard to bring her up largely to the standard of the later . New 70 calibre twin 3-inch guns and L70 Bofors would"
"multiple dramatic rescue missions. Among these were the 1950 incident of the Norwegian ship ""Crown Prince Olav"" when she suddenly caught fire outside the coast of Halland, located along the west coast of Sweden. Despite no sight due to heavy fog, with only help of the radar system, Captain John Nordlander managed to fetch and tow the deteriorating vessel and its 120 passengers safely back to the nearest port. Furthermore, in 1955 the British 7 000 tons heavy ""Argobeam"" also caught fire in the sea outside Ireland, rescued by Captain Nordlander. Captain John Nordlander's service eventually stretched the tumultuous years"
"TS ""Hanseatic"". The renamed and re-flagged ship was designed to carry as many 1350 passengers in comfortable luxury on the Hamburg-New York route. On 8 September 1966, the ship caught fire at New York. The fire developed in the engine room and gutted five decks. Deemed beyond repair, she was scrapped shortly thereafter. RMS Empress of Japan (1929) RMS ""Empress of Japan"" was an ocean liner built in 1929–1930 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP). This ship was the second of two CP vessels to be named ""Empress"
"1956, at 11:10 pm, in heavy fog in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nantucket, ""Stockholm"" and ""Andrea Doria"" of the Italian Line collided in what was to become one of history's most notorious maritime disasters. Although most passengers and crew survived the collision, the larger ""Andrea Doria"" luxury liner capsized and sank the following morning. Owing to the collision, 50% of ""Andrea Doria""<nowiki>'s</nowiki> lifeboats were unusable. However, a number of ships responded and provided assistance, which averted a massive loss of life. Five members of ""Stockholm""'s crew were killed instantly, and several more were trapped in the"
"month before returning home. ""Implacable"" sailed for Gibraltar on 25 September and made a port visit to Lisbon, Portugal before returning to Devonport for a refit. On 16 November she had an oil fire in her galley that damaged her electrical wiring badly enough to require extending her refit to 20 January 1953. She spent most of February and March in the western Mediterranean together with her sister, participating in exercises before sailing to Southampton for a brief refit. For the Coronation Fleet Review of Queen Elizabeth II on 15 June, she flew the flag of Vice Admiral John Stevens,"
"compared with the ceaseless boom and consequent suffering of the past three nights""; ""Firth of Forth torment""; ""An Edinburgh grievance which has left rankling memories in the selection of Granton for the fog horn test"" were typical of statements made and written at the time. On 8 December 1959, the lightship was the subject of a tragic rescue mission. After the lightship broke her moorings and began to drift in heavy seas, the Broughty Ferry lifeboat (The ""Mona"") was launched. Her crew of eight was lost when the Lifeboat capsized. The Lightship and its crew survived and after repair was"
"laden with coal. She was set on fire and the crew anchored her, then abandoned her. The SS ""Titania"" rescued 37 of the crew, and the sloops ""Pintail"" and ""Londonderry"" assisted. ""Amelia Lauro"" was escorted to Immingham with her superstructure burnt out. One crew member was killed outright and three were wounded. One of the wounded crewmen later died from his injuries. In an expression of gratitude, Lauro Lines owner Achille Lauro donated £26. 5s to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in appreciation of assistance rendered by the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston lifeboat in bringing 29 crew to shore. Permission"
"of engine damage. On 1 June 1950, the ship struck and damaged ""Pioneer Land"" in the port of New York but was able to cross the Atlantic without any problems. The ship continued its 1950 summer transatlantic crossings and winter cruises. In 1953, and 1955, fires broke out on the ship, but these did not put ""Britannic"" in danger, although the latter destroyed some of the ship's cargo. In January 1955, ""Georgic"" was removed from service, leaving ""Britannic"" the last remaining ship of the White Star Line. In 1958, the construction of a new vessel was announced that would replace"
"of luxury cruising began in the 1840s, one of the pioneers being P&O who advertised tours to Egypt. Many of the world's largest cruise ships can regularly be seen in Southampton water, including record-breaking vessels from Royal Caribbean and Carnival Corporation & plc. The latter has headquarters in Southampton, with its brands including Princess Cruises, P&O Cruises and Cunard Line. The city has a particular connection to Cunard Line and their fleet of ships. This was particularly evident on 11 November 2008 when the Cunard liner departed the city for the final time amid a spectacular fireworks display after a"
"destroyer . Of the people on board, six of the British staff nurses and all of the medical officers had been killed. HMHS Newfoundland HMHS ""Newfoundland"" was a British Royal Mail Ship that was requisitioned as a hospital ship in the World War II. She was sunk in 1943 in an air attack in the Mediterranean. Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Ltd of Barrow-in-Furness built ""Newfoundland"" for Furness, Withy & Co of Liverpool. Her 1,047 NHP quadruple expansion steam engine was fed by five 215 lb/in single-ended boilers with a total heating surface of . Her boilers were heated by 20"
"with the Home and Mediterranean Fleets, taking part in the Suez Crisis. On 5 November 1958, in Chatham Dockyard, a fire occurred onboard ""Alamein"". which was eventually traced to faulty wiring on radio equipment in the Wardroom, which spread to the Ops Room. Fire Parties from ""Alamein"", HMS ""Corruna"", whom she was alongside, plus Chatham & Gillingham fire brigades fought the blaze. In 1959, ""Alamein"" was decommissioned and placed in Reserve for the final time, being broken up at Blyth in Northumberland in 1964. HMS Alamein (D17) HMS ""Alamein"" (D17) was a Later or 1943 fleet destroyer of the British"
"to be sent to the Far East, however before departing she undertook an emergency mission from the 23 to 24 December, to assist the Greek Cruise Liner ""TSMS Lakonia"", which had caught fire near Madeira. Centaur's helicopter helped to recover the victims of the tragedy, which claimed the lives of 128 passengers and crew; their bodies were disembarked on the ships lighter at Gibraltar on Christmas Day 1963 . After a quick passage through the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal, she arrived off Aden in January to continue her work-up, during which time she embarked the six Wessex helicopters of"