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11th December 2012, 11:51 AM
#1
COSTA PACIFICA
Costa Pacifica has a nasty large area of hull damage, coming alongside at marseilles, above the water line,

Tony Wilding
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11th December 2012, 06:43 PM
#2
Whoops , well I can guess they got close to the Quay this time
Costa-Pacifica-Damaged-in-Marseille.jpg
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

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11th December 2012, 09:08 PM
#3
At least it managed to get alongside and tie up.
Who drives these Costa ships, Laurel and Hardy?
Brian.
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11th December 2012, 10:28 PM
#4
Costa Pacifico
Guess with the light scantlings of these ships above the waterline, it wouldn't take much of a knock to cause unsightly expensive damage to the hull structure.
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11th December 2012, 11:10 PM
#5
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12th December 2012, 12:34 AM
#6
COSTA PACIFICA
It stated a strong wind the Mistral, took control and blew her on to the quay.while berthing, with her freeboard no chance to control it.

Tony Wilding
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12th December 2012, 06:27 AM
#7
It looks as though the Steering class passengers would have been accomadated down there, and maybe the chief Toilet Cleaners cabin. Wonder if they used Sat-Nav
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12th December 2012, 01:26 PM
#8
With thre Bow Thrusters , I thought it must be a very serious amount of cross wind to do that
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

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