Incident Photo of the Week – Norwegian Dream John Konrad Total Views: 2359 October 21, 2007 Photo of the Norwegian Dream after encoutering a sucession of 25+ foot waves in 2005 colliding with the ‘Ever Decent’ while transiting the the English Channel in 1999. The report: The ‘Norwegian Dream’, loaded with mostly American and British passengers, Aug. 24 collided with the Panamanian-flagged containership ‘Ever Decent’ in the English Channel. The 55,605 gross-ton ‘Ever Decent’ was heading Southeast bound for Zeebrugge across the English Channel. The 50,764 gross-ton ‘Norwegian Dream’ was heading Southwest down the English Channel bound for Dover. The two collided at the intersection of the shipping lanes after the ‘Ever Decent’ radioed the ‘Norwegian Dream’ to assert her right-of-way and advise the cruise ship of the collision course. ‘Lloyd’s List’ cited several professional mariners who were in the area when the ships collided as sources for this claim. It remains unclear whether the ‘Norwegian Dream’ acknowledged the request from the ‘Ever Decent’ that the cruise ship take action to avoid a collision. No action was taken until it was too late and the ‘Norwegian Dream’ rammed the port side of the ‘Ever Decent’. A report in ‘Trade Winds’, a Norwegian newspaper printed that “preliminary inquiries point the finger of blame at the cruise ship.” (Source, AMO Newsletter) Read More… More recently the vessel encountered a series of large waves in the North Atlantic. Here are the details of that incident.; Note to readers: A pointed out by Perry , I clearly I dropped the ball on this story. Here’s my explanation . Marine Accident Brief Heavy-Weather Damage to Bahamas-Flag Passenger Vessel Norwegian Dawn Atlantic Ocean, 120 Miles East of Charleston, South Carolina April 16, 2005 NTSB/MAB-05/03 PDF version (289 KB) Accident No.: DCA-05-MM-018 Vessel: Bahamas-flag passenger vessel Norwegian Dawn , IMO No. 9195169, 965 feet long, 105 feet wide, 92,250 gross tons, draft 27 feet, b