No love for these boats: Cruise mishaps

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A fire aboard Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas marked the latest in a string of cruise ship mishaps in the past few years. Review some of the recent incidents.


Pictured: The Grandeur of the Seas docked in Freeport, Grand Bahama, after a fire in the hull broke out while the ship was en route from Baltimore to the Bahamas. All 2,224 guests and 796 crew were safe and accounted for. Read the full story here.


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The fire-damaged exterior of Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas cruise ship is seen while docked in Freeport, Grand Bahama island, Monday, May 27, 2013. Royal Caribbean said the fire occurred early Monday while on route from Baltimore to the Bahamas on the mooring area of deck 3 and was quickly extinguished. All 2,224 guests and 796 crew were safe and accounted for. (AP Photo/The Freeport News, Jenneva Russell)


A fire aboard Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas marked the latest in a string of cruise ship mishaps in the past few years. Review some of the recent incidents.


Pictured: The Grandeur of the Seas docked in Freeport, Grand Bahama, after a fire in the hull broke out while the ship was en route from Baltimore to the Bahamas. All 2,224 guests and 796 crew were safe and accounted for. Read the full story here.


Jenneva Russell/The Freeport News via Associated Press


Adam Goldstein (L), president and CEO of Royal Caribbean, and Anders Aasen of AVP Technical Services check out some of the damage on deck six of the Royal Caribbean ship Grandeur of the Seas as the ship is docked in Freeport, Bahamas in this May 27, 2013 handout photo. A fire broke out on the ship's aft mooring deck in the early hours of the morning May 27. The fire was extinguished at 0458 ET, and all 2,224 passengers and 796 crew members were accounted for, according to the company. REUTERS/Royal Caribbean/Handout (BAHAMAS - Tags: TRANSPORT MARITIME) ATTENTION EDITORS - NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Adam Goldstein (left), president and CEO of Royal Caribbean, and Anders Aasen of AVP Technical Services checked out some of the damage on deck six of the Grandeur of the Seas.


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Damage on the Royal Caribbean ship Grandeur of the Seas is pictured as the ship is docked in Freeport May 27, 2013. A fire broke out on the ship's aft mooring deck in the early hours of Monday morning. The fire was extinguished at 0458 ET, and all 2,224 passengers and 796 crew members were safe and accounted for, according to the company. REUTERS/Vandyke Hepburn (BAHAMAS - Tags: MARITIME DISASTER BUSINESS)

The fire on Grandeur of the Seas was extinguished at 4:58 a.m. on May 27.


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epa03692899 The cruise ship Carnival Spirit sits docked at Circular Quay in Sydney, Australia, 09 May 2013. A search is on for two passengers believed to have gone overboard from the cruise ship returning to Sydney at the end of a 10-day voyage, police said. The couple - a 30-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman - were reported missing after passengers were counted when the Carnival Cruise Lines ship docked. EPA/PAUL MILLER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

The cruise ship Carnival Spirit docked at Circular Quay in Sydney, Australia, on May 9 after two Australian passengers went overboard during the 10-day journey. Authorities conducted a search for the couple, a 30-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman, who were reported missing after passengers were counted when the Carnival Cruise Lines ship docked. Read more.


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FILE - This Feb. 14, 2013 file photo shows the disabled Carnival Lines cruise ship Triumph being towed to harbor off Mobile Bay, Ala. Carnival Cruise Lines on Wednesday, April 17, announced a $300 million program to add emergency generators, upgrade fire safety and improve engine rooms on all 24 of its ships. The announcement could help the brand begin rebounding from a wave of bad publicity that began in February, when an engine fire knocked out power on the Carnival Triumph. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)

The Carnival Triumph sat in the Gulf of Mexico for five days after an engine-room fire on Feb. 10 disabled the vessel and left 4,2000 people on board without power or working toilets. The disabled ship was towed to harbor off Mobile Bay, Ala. The Coast Guard said a leak in a fuel oil return line caused the fire. Read more about when the ship docked in Alabama.


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Passengers from the cruise ship Carnival Triumph are questioned by reporters after they disembarked in Mobile, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. The ship with more than 4,200 passengers and crew members has been idled for nearly a week in the Gulf of Mexico following an engine room fire. (AP Photo/John David Mercer)

Passengers from the Carnival Triumph disembarked in Mobile, Ala., on Feb. 14.


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The Carnival cruise ship Triumph is damaged after the being dislodged from its mooring at BAE shipyard during high winds Wednesday, April 3, 2013 in Mobile, Ala. Triumph was disabled Feb. 10 by an engine fire that stranded thousands of passengers onboard for days in the Gulf. It was towed into port in Mobile. (AP Photo/AL.com, Bill Starling) MAGS OUT

The Triumph sat in Mobile, Ala., for months after the fire that crippled the ship in the Gulf of Mexico. The vessel was further damaged on April 3 after the being dislodged from its mooring during high winds. The ship finally left Mobile on May 8.


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A view of the Carnival Dream cruise ship moored at the A.C. Wathey Cruise Facilities after a diesel generator malfunctioned causing temporary disruptions, in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, March 14, 2013. A Carnival Cruise Lines ship was stuck at a Caribbean port with equipment trouble on Thursday, a month after another Carnival vessel was disabled by a fire that trapped thousands of passengers at sea for days. Carnival Corp said it was making arrangements to fly the passengers, via charter flights and regularly scheduled flights from the Caribbean island, to Orlando or their final destination. REUTERS/John Halley (SINT MAARTEN - Tags: DISASTER TRAVEL)

The Carnival Dream cruise ship moored at the A.C. Wathey Cruise Facilities after a diesel generator malfunctioned causing temporary disruptions in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, on March 14. Read more.


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Passengers of the Carnival Dream cruise ship wait at the international airport to check in for flights back to the U.S. after their cruise was cancelled, in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, March 15, 2013. The Dream was stuck in port in St. Maarten after its emergency diesel generator malfunctioned during testing on Wednesday. The liner, among the company's largest, was on a week-long cruise and had been due back in Port Canaveral, Florida on Saturday. REUTERS/John Halley (SINT MAARTEN - Tags: DISASTER TRAVEL)

Passengers of the Carnival Dream waited at the international airport to check in for flights back to the United States after their cruise was canceled. The liner was on a week-long cruise and had been due back in Port Canaveral, Fla.


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A view of the Carnival Dream cruise ship moored in harbor as passengers prepared to fly home to the U.S. after their cruise was cancelled, in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, March 14, 2013. The Dream was stuck in port in St. Maarten after its emergency diesel generator malfunctioned during testing on Wednesday. The liner, among the company's largest, was on a week-long cruise and had been due back in Port Canaveral, Florida on Saturday. REUTERS/John Halley (SINT MAARTEN - Tags: DISASTER TRAVEL)

The Carnival Dream moored in harbor in Sint Maarten after its emergency diesel generator malfunctioned during testing and forced the cancellation of the cruise.


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A police boat sails by the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia, off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. Rescuers on Sunday resumed searching the above-water section of the capsized Costa Concordia cruise liner, but choppy seas kept divers from exploring the submerged part, where officials have said there could be bodies. Civil protection officials said that until the waves slack off, divers would not swim into the submerged part of the vessel just off the port of Giglio, a tiny Island off the Tuscan coast. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito) Library Tag 01232012

A police boat sailed by the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. The cruise ship ran aground on Jan. 13, 2012, killing 32 people. Rescue crews surveyed the wreckage looking for survivors. The ship’s captain, Francesco Schettino, will stand trial for the incident.


See a collection of photos from the scene.


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