[image] National Transportation Safety Board Marine Accident Brief Fire on board Vehicle Carrier Honor About 0300 local time on February 24, 2017, the US-flagged roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) vehicle carrier Honor was en route from Southampton, England to Baltimore, Maryland, when a fire broke out…

Has anybody here ever sailed on that ship?

No. It was autonomous. Danish built.

Ok THX - Builder: Sumitomo Heavy Industries - Yokosuka Japan buy the way 1996

I may be missing something here but is this not the same vessel? http://gcaptain.com/american-car-carrier-suffers-fire-english-channel/

Its the same vessel, he was just being kinda crunchy after a few beers.

I knew there had to be something I was missing… leave it to me to ruin a good hassling

My son sailed on it not long after it was US Flagged but that was long before this incident occurred.

Well done to the crew for getting the fire out quickly. The fire occurred at 0200 but the crew was able to quickly evaluate the situation. [honor] This fire should cause a reevaluation of what is meant by the use of fixed systems as a “last resort”. While the timing of the fire increased the di…

[image] Kennebec_Captain: This fire should cause a reevaluation of what is meant by the use of fixed systems as a “last resort”. I fully agree. I have always viewed the ship’s fixed system as just one of several tools to use in case of a fire. In some spaces, particularly cargo holds where ac…

[image] Chief_Seadog: ships being built had several cargo holds designated for carriage of hazardous cargo. The hatch covers for those holds had fixed sprinkler heads and piping underneath where you could attach a fire hose. I thought that was a really cool idea. The PCC/PCTC I’ve been on had…

Marine Accident Brief - Fire on board Vehicle Carrier Honor - #14 by Kennebec_Captain - Marine Incidents

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