Interesting site

[mrs and mrs]

http://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/Deaths_By_Cruise_Line.html

 

For the Poirots and agathas amongst us.:)

 

Not to be disrespectful to the families involved.

Edited September 1, 2016 by mrs and mrs

[PerfectlyPerth]

wow thats seriously obsessive for someone to have created and maintained it !

[mrs and mrs]

wow thats seriously obsessive for someone to have created and maintained it !

 

Not sure of its validity, found it over on N.C.L forum.

[thistledoo]

Wow! Though looking at the Princess list, I would have thought it would have been higher given the average age group. Carnival leads the way.

[mrs and mrs]

There is some interesting stuff on here.

When you delve deeper,into the subjects.

Edited September 1, 2016 by mrs and mrs

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Wow! Though looking at the Princess list, I would have thought it would have been higher given the average age group. Carnival leads the way.

 

Looks like its just an American list....theres no Australian or English ships.

Princess in Australia seems to attract the oldies in Oz , but not overseas.

[GUT2407]

We were told Princess average is a bit under 1 in 1000 each week.

 

Last year on our 34 day cruise we were up to eight when we got to Wellington, about four weeks in. They had been expecting a higher rate due to the AV age being over 70.

 

We were met by ambulances and/or morgue vehicles at every port.

 

I'm not sure if the 8 mentioned above included those who left the ship by ambulance and later passed, or only those who died on the ship.

[MicCanberra]

I do not think the list is comprehensive at all. I have seen coroners vans at many ports for cruises I have been on and yet those cruises are not listed.

 

A doctor on one ship told me that on average, there is one per week for every ship and with what I have seen (Coroner's vans and the age/health of some passengers) I would be inclined to believe it.

[GUT2407]

I do not think the list is comprehensive at all. I have seen coroners vans at many ports for cruises I have been on and yet those cruises are not listed.

 

A doctor on one ship told me that on average, there is one per week for every ship and with what I have seen (Coroner's vans and the age/health of some passengers) I would be inclined to believe it.

 

Yep that's pretty much what we were told and increases in longer cruises.

[MicCanberra]

My father cruised from Southhampton to Sydney (57 days) and they were told (don't know who by) that there were 13 deaths on that voyage. My father had said he saw a coroner's vehicle numerous times at different ports along the way. 13 in 8 weeks is above the so called 'average of one per week' but then some cruise may not have any in a week.

Edited September 2, 2016 by MicCanberra

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Do all ships have a morgue on board?

[GUT2407]

My father cruised from Southhampton to Sydney (57 days) and they were told (don't know who by) that there were 13 deaths on that voyage. My father had said he saw a coroner's vehicle numerous times at different ports along the way. 13 in 8 weeks is above the so called 'average of one per week' but then some cruise may not have any in a week.

 

But getting close to the two a week I was told they plan for on longer cruises, where the average age goes up.

[GUT2407]

Do all ships have a morgue on board?

 

I would imagine most do.

 

I was told once that the flower cool room is the first reserve when the morgue is full.

[GandM-nq]

Do all ships have a morgue on board?

I hope so. Or I might baulk at the lettuce next cruise.

[The_Big_M]

Not sure of its validity, found it over on N.C.L forum.

 

It looks valid, but seems to be only gathered from reports that have made the news. There isn't any hidden source or real count, more just public ones.

[Haoie]

See, this is the kind of thing that brings out naysayers who claim cruising is only for the half dead! And yet, they're not that off the mark!

[PerfectlyPerth]

Do all ships have a morgue on board?

 

Yes - I have visited inside them.

 

The list seems to be very american specific but with a few "notable" extras like the Costa Concordia.

[MicCanberra]

Do all ships have a morgue on board?

 

I don't know but they all have coolers.:eek:

If they are pushing the ice cream in the MDR, you know they need the room.:p

[MicCanberra]

But getting close to the two a week I was told they plan for on longer cruises, where the average age goes up.

 

Yes, that would be about right.

[MicCanberra]

See, this is the kind of thing that brings out naysayers who claim cruising is only for the half dead! And yet, they're not that off the mark!

 

I disagree, I am of the opinion that you are either dead or you are not dead. For me, there is no half dead, although there may be some that only live half lives as they do not cruise.;)

Edited September 2, 2016 by MicCanberra

[mrs and mrs]

I found interesting. Cunard 1926,1932 type of death MURDER. And if you click on the name,it discusses the event.

 

That sort of thing.

Of course my eye was drawn to a certain event on an aus p&o cruise,which in my mind the line still hasent recovered from.

[PerfectlyPerth]

I disagree, I am of the opinion that you are either dead or you are not dead. For me, there is no half dead, although there may be some that only live half lives as they do not cruise.;)

 

Monty Python would disagree ;)

[MicCanberra]

Monty Python would disagree ;)

 

LOL but that just proves my point.;)

[MicCanberra]

I found interesting. Cunard 1926,1932 type of death MURDER. And if you click on the name,it discusses the event.

 

That sort of thing.

Of course my eye was drawn to a certain event on an aus p&o cruise,which in my mind the line still hasent recovered from.

 

Yeah, there really are some interesting events in the mix, and a few interesting events missing as well.