Crown Seaways ferry accidents and incidents
CruiseMapper's Crown Seaways ferry cruise ship accidents, incidents and law news reports relate to a 1790-passenger vessel owned by DFDS SEAWAYS (Ferries). Our Crown Seaways ferry accidents page contains reports made by using official data from renown online news media sources, US Coast Guard and Wikipedia.
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- fire - 2014 (engine room explosion)
Previously, the vessel was operated under the names Frans Kockum (1991-1992), Thomas Mann (1992-1994), Crown of Scandinavia (1994-2003) and Crown Seaways (since 2003).
27 April 2014Fire AccidentOn April 27, 2014, while navigating in Baltic Sea - between Copenhagen Denmark and Oslo Norway, near Anholt Island Denmark), the ship experienced engine failure. The incident occurred at ~9:30 pm, starting with a loud bang (crank explosion) followed by a shudder and thick smoke. The ferry managed to continue on its own power towards Oslo, where urgent repairs were made. |
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