Major fire off Beachy Head.

[dougdeep]

The cruise ship Calypso with over 700 people aboard is on fire 20 miles off Beachy Head. The passengers have taken to the lifeboats and a fire team from Sussex is fighting the blaze.

 

[dougdeep]

The fire is now reported as being under control.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Unusual for a cruise ship to be down this neck of the woods surely? It's hardly the Cayman Islands!

 

[Beach Hut]

Nothing wrong with my head

 

[RM-Taylor]

Nothing wrong with my head

 

[Woodchip]

It's all out now, and varying reports from BBC and Sky saying it will be taken to Portsmouth, or Newhaven.

 

[Bakesy]

It's all out now, and varying reports from BBC and Sky saying it will be taken to Portsmouth, or Newhaven.

Bahamas,Seycheles,Carribean, Newhaven..........

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Unusual for a cruise ship to be down this neck of the woods surely? It's hardly the Cayman Islands!

I don't think it was heading for Littlehampton.

It was heading from Tilbury to the Channel Islands!

 

[Gully]

Apparently nearly everyone on the ship was Dutch, according to the news, perhaps it wasn't an engine fire but a rather large bong over-heating!

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

Newhaven!,hope they've had their jabs!

 

[Muhammed - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

Newhaven!,hope they've had their jabs!

OI

 

[DannyBhoy]

The fire is now reported as being under control.

thanks very much for that bit of news!!

 

[1066gull]

WTF Doug? Fixtures..