A few minutes before 1920, on March 9, 1984, a fire was discovered in a room occupied by two crewmen aboard the Bahamian registered cruise ship SCANDINAVIAN SEA. The vessel, which was on a daily 11-hour cruise out of Port Canaveral, Florida, with 744 passengers and 202 crewmembers aboard, had been anchored about 7 miles off the coast of Florida, near Cape Canaveral and had just gotten underway. It proceeded to its berth at the Port Canaveral Cruise Terminal while the vessel's firefighting team proceeded to fight the fire. After the vessel berthed at 2057, the passengers were disembarked, and Coast Guard and local firefighters boarded the vessel to fight the fire. Meanwhile the fire, although it was contained within the forward vertical fire zone, spread through the upper decks. The fire was extinguished on March 11, 1984. There were no injuries or loss of life. The vessel was declared a constructive total loss. It was valued at $16 million. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the fire aboard the SCANDINAVIAN SEA was the deliberate or accidental ignition of an accelerant on the carpet in room 414. Contributing to the fire damage was the failure of ship's firefighters to follow up and investigate any possible further heat source after extinguishing the flames in room 414. Contributing to the uncontrolled propagation of the fire was the failure of the master to exercise his authority over the firefighting efforts of shoreside firefighters.


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    Title :

    Marine Accident Report - Fire Aboard the Bahamian Passenger Vessel M/V SCANDINAVIAN SEA, Cape Canaveral, Florida, March 9, 1984


    Publication date :

    1985


    Size :

    82 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English