QM 2 in trouble off Florida Coast

[LoveTheDeepBlue]

[url="http://http://www1.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI14280/"

 

This is a link to WSVN channel 7 in Miami.

 

QM 2 apparently hit something while leaving port today and became DIW.

[mfs2k]

Wrong Ship as per above, and the link is bad. Try this one.

 

http://www1.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI14280/

 

Here;s another story. Apparently there's conflicting reports of whether they struck something or had engine trouble.

 

CBS4 News) FT. LAUDERDALE The largest cruise ship in the world will have to wait a day to make a trip around South America to San Francisco, after discovering engine problems shortly after beginning that trip from Port Everglades.

 

The Queen Mary II left Port Everglades shortly after 1 PM Tuesday, bound for South America, and was just a few miles offshore and a spokesman for Cunard, owner of the ship, said the captain noticed a problem with one of the ship’s engines.

 

Cunard says the ship stopped offshore and performed engine checks for a few hours, but engineers decided the ship could not continue, so the decision was made to return the Queen Mary II to it’s berth at Port Everglades.

 

The cruise line says the ship will be in port at least overnight, and passengers will simply spend the night aboard ship.

 

A Cunard spokesperson says there were no other problems aboard the ship, and no apparent damage beyond the problem with the propulsion system.

 

Cunard is owned by Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines.

[MrPete]

Link doesn't work.

 

Is it the QE2 or the QM2?

[laura2161]

The news article says its the Queen Mary 2.

[Elaine515]

Cruiseship hit something at sea, on its way back to shore

 

 

PORT EVERGLADES (WSVN) -- A cruise ship that left port in Fort Lauderdale this afternoon and apparently struck something while at sea causing structural damage, is on its way back to shore tonight.

 

The Queen Mary II, which belongs to the Cunard Line cruiseline, left Port Everglades at around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday en route to South America. While at sea about five to six miles off the coast, the vessel hit something underneath the water causing alarm systems to go off in the control center of the ship.

 

The cruise ship is on its way back to Port Everglades and other than the structural damage, The Queen Mary II has not reported any other problems.

[brn2crz]

Well.

 

Obviously I don't know squat..

 

But engine problems,can certainly make it feel/sound like you have hit something..

[MrPete]

I'm now reading the fourth pod was damaged and needs to be fixed, but the ship is sailing on the three remaining pods.

 

It hit against a channel wall.

 

Ship on a sailing around the tip of South America.

[mfs2k]

Im a boater, but its only a 24' powerboat. My boat doesnt have 'pods".

 

Forgive my ignorance, but im curious, What's a "Pod", on a cruise ship? and what do they do? Does anyone know?

[MrPete]

You may educate yourself here:

 

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article339391.ece

[futaba951]

Instead of having a shaft coming from the engine to turn the propellor, the pod hangs (where the props are located) down under the back of the ship and contains an electric motor that turns the prop directly. And since the pod can rotate 360 degrees there is no need for the rudder. A large cruise ship will usually have four pods. In addidtion, the props on pods face forward, pulling the ship rather than pushing it. So if QM 2 hit a wall it probably really tore up the prop and pod since the prop probably hit first with nothing to protect it.