Uploaded March 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Over 1,300 lives were in the balance on the 749-foot cruise ship Viking Sky. After losing all its engines on March 23, 2019, signalling a "Mayday" distress call, and anchoring off a lee shore in 6-to-8-meter waves and gale force conditions, several engines were working on March 24, 2019. The 749-foot cruise ship Viking Sky launched in 2017 is made its way to the closest port in Molde, Norway, approximately ten miles from its emergency anchorage next to a lee shore.
You will also see the foundering of the MV Hagland Captain a 300-foot cargo ship that went to assist but had to be abandoned by all 9 crew. There were no fatalities on either ship, but the rescue of the Hagland Captain crew by helicopter delayed the air lift of the guests of the MV Viking Sky.
The 749-foot ship has four diesel engines and two electrical engines. During part of the airlift, only one engine was operational to take pressure off the anchor and chain in the big seas. Over half of its 915 passengers were air lifted by CHC Helicopters and the Southern Norway rescue services (Hovedrningssentralen) on March 23 ,to March 24. MarineTraffic.com said the MV Viking Sky arrived in Molde, Norway at 16:12 local time (UTC+1), on Sunday, March 24, 2019. It should be able to disembark all the over 800 remaining passengers and crew.
Videos and pictures by the following on Twitter reproduced with permission:
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Alexus Sheppard on Twitter @alexus309
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Ryan Flynn on Twitter @RyanDFlynn11
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Before losing its engines near Hustadvika, Norway, the 749-foot long, 47,800 gross ton cruise ship was on a 12-day cruise from Bergen, Norway to Tilbury on the River Thames in England.
HRS Southern Norway
@HRSSorNorway
Gave us permission to use the video below in the following tweets
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twitter.com/HRSSorNorge/status/1109519065373179905
twitter.com/HRSSorNorge/status/1109518750301204485
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Over 1,300 lives were in the balance on the 749-foot cruise ship Viking Sky. After losing all its engines on March 23, 2019, signalling a "Mayday" distress call, and anchoring off a lee shore in 6-to-8-meter waves and gale force conditions, several engines were working on March 24, 2019. The 749-foot cruise ship Viking Sky launched in 2017 is made its way to the closest port in Molde, Norway, approximately ten miles from its emergency anchorage next to a lee shore.
You will also see the foundering of the MV Hagland Captain a 300-foot cargo ship that went to assist but had to be abandoned by all 9 crew. There were no fatalities on either ship, but the rescue of the Hagland Captain crew by helicopter delayed the air lift of the guests of the MV Viking Sky.
The 749-foot ship has four diesel engines and two electrical engines. During part of the airlift, only one engine was operational to take pressure off the anchor and chain in the big seas. Over half of its 915 passengers were air lifted by CHC Helicopters and the Southern Norway rescue services (Hovedrningssentralen) on March 23 ,to March 24. MarineTraffic.com said the MV Viking Sky arrived in Molde, Norway at 16:12 local time (UTC+1), on Sunday, March 24, 2019. It should be able to disembark all the over 800 remaining passengers and crew.
Videos and pictures by the following on Twitter reproduced with permission:
S.Hava on Twitter @Air_4U
twitter.com/Air_4U
Adelaide on Twitter @skurstil
Author of "From Both Sides Now: One Woman's Journey to Love and Living Life to Its Fullest"
amazon.com/dp/0998283606
twitter.com/skurstil
Alexus Sheppard on Twitter @alexus309
twitter.com/alexus309
Ryan Flynn on Twitter @RyanDFlynn11
twitter.com/RyanDFlynn11
Before losing its engines near Hustadvika, Norway, the 749-foot long, 47,800 gross ton cruise ship was on a 12-day cruise from Bergen, Norway to Tilbury on the River Thames in England.
HRS Southern Norway
@HRSSorNorway
Gave us permission to use the video below in the following tweets
twitter.com/HRSSorNorge/status/1109528187359428609
twitter.com/HRSSorNorge/status/1109519065373179905
twitter.com/HRSSorNorge/status/1109518750301204485
youtu.be/uuh0eSxdRF4
youtu.be/r-_zdGzhiVc
The Slow Boat Sailing t-shirts and mug are at
teespring.com/slow-boat-sailing
teespring.com/slow-boat-sailing-mug
teespring.com/women-s-tee-slow-boat-sailing
Support the videos at
Patreon.com/slowboatsailing
On the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast Linus Wilson has interviewed the crew of Sailing SV Delos, WhiteSpotPirates (Untie the Lines), Chase the Story Sailing, Gone with the Wynns, MJ Sailing, Sailing Doodles, SV Prism, Sailing Miss Lone Star, and many others.
Get Linus Wilson’s bestselling sailing books:
Slow Boat to the Bahamas
amazon.com/dp/B018OUI1Q2
Slow Boat to Cuba
amazon.com/dp/B01MFFX9AG
gumroad.com/l/cubabook
and How to Sail Around the World-Part Time
amazon.com/dp/B01B0OFYNW
gumroad.com/l/sailing
have been #1 sailing ebook bestsellers on Amazon.
You can get the full audiobook of Sailing to Treasure Island by Captain John C. Voss. at
Patreon.com/slowboatsailing
SAILING TO TREASURE ISLAND: The Cruise of the XORA (Annotated) by Captain J.C. Voss
The paperback at
amazon.com/dp/1790302390
or
lulu.com/shop/captain-jc-voss/sailing-to-treasure-island-the-cruise-of-the-xora/paperback/product-23887731.html
or the eBook at
lulu.com/shop/captain-jc-voss/sailing-to-treasure-island-the-cruise-of-the-xora/ebook/product-23887490.html
or audiobook
audible.com/pd/B07LC35H18/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-136779&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_136779_rh_us
Get the paperback or eBook
Sailing the Ogre: The Log of a Woman Wanderer (Annotated)
by Mabel M. Stock
at
amazon.com/dp/B07MB8BF3C
or the audiobook at Patreon.com/slowboatsailing
or audible
audible.com/pd/B07N7LT2DQ/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-140980&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_140980_rh_us
Senior Associate Producer, Calvin Stuart Holt
Associate Producers Larry Wilson, Kevin Yager, and Rick Moore (SSL).
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Copyright Linus Wilson, Oxriver Publishing, Vermilion Advisory Services, LLC, 2019
