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Astoria Poole departure incident

At approximately 20:30 hours on Sunday 10 March a live AIS plot of Poole Harbour showed the Astoria on a southerly heading with her bow between port hand buoys 18 and 18A and beginning to make stern way. This plot implies a bow on impact with the steep Stone Island tidal gravel bank on the south side of the Sandbanks channel, inland from South Haven Point. The historical AIS track showed a very lazy port turn into the harbour entrance channel, with insufficient swing to remain in the channel. Astoria was seen to successfully manoeuvre back into the main shipping channel as pilot boat Barracuda turned back to investigate the delay to Astoria's passage. Astoria was heard to cancel the requirement for a tug and seen to continued on passage to Belfast out the Swash Channel

Medevac in Disko Bay

An S-61 SAR helicopter medevaced a passenger from the "Astoria" on July 26, 2018, in Disko Bay. The operation stretched over 550 kilometers and lasted 6,5 hours. At 10:30 p.m. the Arctic Command was contacted by the Danish pilot on board the cruise ship in Disko Bay, approx. 200 kilometers north of the polar circle. A passenger had been seriously injured with an open bone fracture where bleeding could not be stopped. The injury required the person to be evacuated to the nearest hospital for emergency treatment. The Arctic Command chose to insert the S-61 SAR helicopter, located in Kangerlussuaq. In parallel, the efforts were coordinated with the cruise ship, continuing the course southwards towards Qasigiannguit to reduce the distance to the position chosen as a meeting point between the "Astoria" and the S-61 SAR helicopter. Similarly, Arctic Command implemented coordination with the hospital in Nuuk, and it was decided that the patient should be treated there. On July 27 at 01:45 a.m., the patient was hoisted on board the S-61 helicopter and arrived at Nuuk airport at.5 a.m., where an ambulance was ready for further transportation. The passenger was now in good condition at the hospital in Nuuk. Report with photos: https://maritimedanmark.dk/?Id=38950

Near miss in Honningsvåg

The "Astoria" had a near miss in the evening of June 7, 2018, when about to dock in Honningsvåg. The cruise ship was maneuvering towards the quay when the strong NW wind pushed it towards a moored fishing boat. The cruise ship had to take on full speed again and avoided colliding for centimeters, so it all ended well with the ship being safely berthed the quay at 5.50 p.m. It sailed again at midnight, bound to Tromsø. Norwegian report with photo: https://www.ifinnmark.no/nordkapp/nyheter/vest-finnmark/cruisebat-matte-gi-full-hendel-for-a-unnga-krasj-med-fiskebat/s/5-81-758274