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Flandre, later called Carla C, Carla Costa, and Pallas Athena, was an ocean liner and cruise ship that took passengers on transatlantic voyages and on Caribbean and Mediterranean cruises from 1952 to 1994. She was operated by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT), Costa Cruises, and the Epirotiki Line.
The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan in Glasgow built Athenia, launching her on 28 January 1922 and completing her in 1923.She measured 13,465 gross register tons (GRT) and 8,118 net register tons (NRT), was 526.3 ft (160.4 m) long between perpendiculars by 66.4 ft (20.2 m) beam and had a depth of 38.1 ft (11.6 m).
The tower fell onto a nearby utility line which provided power to the remainder of Duluth's television and FM radio stations, and all but one AM radio station. Telephone and power lines snapped leaving Duluth and many northeastern Minnesota communities without utility services for 24 hours.
A number of Allied ships were damaged by Japanese suicide air attacks during World War II.Many of these attacks were by the kamikaze (officially Shinpū Tokubetsu Kōgekitai, "Divine Wind Special Attack Unit"), using pilot-guided explosive missiles, purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft, by the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific ...
In 2008, she was renamed Athena II, returning to Athena in 2009. [6] Her port of registry was Hósvík and Athena was allocated the MMSI number 231411000. [4] On 27 October 2010, Athena was reported to be on fire in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) south west of the Isles of Scilly.
A fire broke out on Royal Caribbean’s “Icon of the Seas,” billed as the world’s largest cruise ship, sails from the Port of Miami on its maiden cruise on January 27 (AFP via Getty Images)
Number of floors affected by fire 1 January 10, 1990 393 Kennedy St [2] ... Grenfell Tower fire [59] [60] London UK 72: 70: 24: 49 August 4, 2017 The Marina Torch [61 ...
The fire, one of two that day, occurred just after midnight April 4 behind the Borax Museum and destroyed a wooden wagon used to transport borax out of Death Valley in the late 1800s.