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Not much puts a crimp in British holidaymakers’ ability to enjoy themselves – not even a waterlogged cruise ship, it seems.
Passengers on a P&O cruise were filmed calmly sitting and drinking onboard while water gushed across the deck, flowing over their feet as a storm raged around the boat.
The current was strong enough that a small table can be seen dragged from one side of the ship to the other – but many of the passengers appear completely unperturbed.
Calum Lawson, a marine engineer who works onboard the ship, shared the video on Twitter, along with the caption: “Best part of this video is the amount of typical Brits are so un-phased by any danger that occurs because ‘they’re on their jollies’ n nothing can spoil that… b*****d ships flooding man”.
The video has been viewed 722,000 times.
Lawson also shared a video of the water crashing out of the on-deck pool as the ship’s captain was forced to make a “precautionary manoeuvre”.
“Work on cruises ships they said…it’ll be fun they said,” reads the caption.
The incident occurred as the ship, the P&O Ventura, attempted to dock at Cherbourg in northwest France on Saturday 2 November.
One fellow passenger, Alison White-Sheen, told the MailOnline that the storm had lasted about an hour and that staff had later drained the pool, although it was “a little late as most of the water had already gone over the decks”.
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The damaged River Countess tourist boat is pictured after it was hit by the MSC Opera cruise ship that lost control as it was coming in to dock in Venice, Italy
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Tourists on land could be seen running away as the MSC Opera scraped along the dockside, its engine blaring, before knocking into the River Countess tourist boat
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Italian Coast Guard officers inspect the tourist boat that was struck
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Members of Venice’s “No Big Ships” Committee (No Grandi Navi) gathered to stage a protest after the crash
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The damaged River Countess tourist boat is pictured after it was hit by the MSC Opera cruise ship that lost control as it was coming in to dock in Venice, Italy
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MSC cruise ship losing control
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Tourists on land could be seen running away as the MSC Opera scraped along the dockside, its engine blaring, before knocking into the River Countess tourist boat
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MSC Opera before crashing
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Italian Coast Guard officers inspect the tourist boat that was struck
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Italian media reported that at least five people have been injured in the crash
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Members of Venice’s “No Big Ships” Committee (No Grandi Navi) gathered to stage a protest after the crash
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A P&O Cruises spokesman said: “Whilst sailing between Cherbourg and Southampton Ventura was required to make a precautionary manoeuvre which caused some pool water to spill over on to the deck. The Captain had anticipated this may happen and guests were advised in advance, pools were then subsequently emptied for safety.”
It follows a cruise ship being hit by such extreme winds in March 2019 that several passengers were injured after furniture flew across the ship.
The Norwegian Escape was sailing off the East Coast of the US when it was rocked by winds of 100 knots – the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane.
The gusts caused the ship to strongly tilt to the port-side just before midnight.
Video taken by a passenger shows those on board scrambling to get out of the way as tables and chairs crash across the floor, while bottles smash to the ground from behind the bar.
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