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Line 1: {\|{{Infobox ship begin}} <!-- full code --> ~~{{DISPLAYTITLE:msy ''Wind Song''}}~~ \|+ ~~{{unreferenced\|date=October 2009}}~~ {{Infobox ship image ~~The '''msy ''Wind Song''''' was a 4-masted [[motor sailing yacht]] used as a [[cruise ship]] by [[Windstar Cruises]] from 1987 until 2002, when the ship suffered an engine room fire.~~ \|Ship image=WindSong.jpg \|Ship caption=''Wind Song'' in [[Bora Bora]] }} {{Infobox ship career \|Hide header= \|Ship country= \|Ship flag= \|Ship name=''Wind Song'' \|Ship namesake= \|Ship owner=Windstar Cruises Ltd.<ref name="Equasis">{{cite ship register\|register=E\|id=8420880\|shipname=Wind Song\|access-date=2022-09-01}}</ref> \|Ship operator= \|Ship registry=[[Nassau, Bahamas\|Nassau]], {{flag\|Bahamas\|civil}} \|Ship route= \|Ship ordered= \|Ship awarded= \|Ship builder=[[:fr:Ateliers et chantiers du Havre\|Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre]], [[Le Havre]], [[France]] \|Ship original cost= \|Ship yard number= \|Ship way number= \|Ship laid down= \|Ship launched=August 1986 \|Ship sponsor= \|Ship christened= \|Ship completed= \|Ship acquired= \|Ship commissioned= \|Ship recommissioned= \|Ship decommissioned= \|Ship maiden voyage= \|Ship in service= \|Ship out of service= \|Ship renamed= \|Ship reclassified= \|Ship refit= \|Ship struck= \|Ship reinstated= \|Ship identification=[[Maritime call sign\|Call sign]]: C6CB2 {{IMO number\|8420880}} [http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=-8420880 MMSI: 309535000] \|Ship motto= \|Ship nickname= \|Ship honours= \|Ship honors= \|Ship captured= \|Ship fate=fire onboard on December 1, 2002, scuttled on January 23, 2003 \|Ship notes= \|Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics \|Hide header= \|Header caption= \|Ship class= \|Ship type=[[Cruise ship]] \|Ship tonnage={{GT\|5,307}}<ref name="Equasis"/> \|Ship displacement= \|Ship length={{convert\|134\|m\|ft\|2\|abbr=on}} \|Ship beam={{convert\|15.8\|m\|ft\|2\|abbr=on}} \|Ship height= \|Ship draught={{convert\|4.1\|m\|ft\|2\|abbr=on}} \|Ship draft= \|Ship depth= \|Ship hold depth= \|Ship decks= \|Ship deck clearance= \|Ship ramps= \|Ship ice class= \|Ship power=(3150 kW) \|Ship propulsion= \|Ship sail plan= \|Ship speed={{convert\|11\|kn}} \|Ship range= \|Ship endurance= \|Ship test depth= \|Ship boats= \|Ship capacity=159 passengers \|Ship troops= \|Ship complement= \|Ship crew= \|Ship time to activate= \|Ship sensors= \|Ship EW= \|Ship armament= \|Ship armour= \|Ship armor= \|Ship aircraft= \|Ship aircraft facilities= \|Ship notes= }} \|} '''''Wind Song''''' was a 4-masted [[motor sailing yacht]] used as a [[cruise ship]] by [[Windstar Cruises]] from 1987 until 2002, when the ship suffered an engine room fire. ~~[[File:WindSong.jpg\|thumb\|right\|''Wind Song'' in [[Bora Bora]]]]~~ ~~The~~ ''Wind Song'' was one of an unusual class of only three vessels (~~msy ''~~{{Ship\|\|Wind Star''\|ship\|2}}, ~~msy ''~~{{Ship\|\|Wind Spirit''\|ship\|2}} and ~~msy~~ ''Wind Song''), designed as a modern cruise ship but carrying an elaborate system of computer-controlled [[sail]]s on four [[mast (sailing)\|mast]]s. The ship's usual itinerary was an inter-island cruise in [[French Polynesia]] and in the [[Bahamas]]. == Fire == ~~The ship's usual itinerary was an inter-island cruise in [[French Polynesia]].~~ On December 1, 2002, according to a first-hand passenger account,<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/windsongfire/ first-hand passenger account]</ref> an [[engine room]] fire forced passengers into lifeboats at 3:15 a.m.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://sites.google.com/site/windsongfire\|work= Windsong Cruise Ship Fire\|title=The Wakeup Call I Won't Soon Forget\|accessdate=18 October 2017}}</ref> where they'd hoped to stay only until the fire was under control. At 5:04 a.m. a small explosion was heard from the front of the ship and the captain gave the order to abandon ship. All 127 passengers and 92 crew members were evacuated safely. Passengers were transported by fast ferry to [[Raiatea]], a nearby island where they arrived at approx 8 a.m. Over the course of that day, they were flown on scheduled and charter Air Tahiti flights to Papeete. [[File:Windsong fire.JPG\|thumb\|~~right~~left\|''Wind Song'' on fire]] The [[French Navy]] put out the fire and towed the ship to [[Papeete]], where examination showed extensive damage to engineering spaces, although the passenger areas were mostly intact. Subsequently the Navy demanded compensation for its services, and French Polynesian government seized the ''Wind Song''. However, both [[Holland America Line]] (owner of Windstar Cruises at the time, itself a subsidiary of [[Carnival Corporation & plc]]) and [[Carnival Corporation & plc]] was unwilling to pay the costs involved, and even scrapping was uneconomical, because of the ship's small size and remoteness from [[Ship breaking\|shipbreaker]]s in India, China, and elsewhere. On January 22, 2003, with the agreement of Holland America and Carnival, the President of the Territorial Government of French Polynesia, [[Gaston Flosse]], ordered the [[scuttling]] of the ''Wind Song''. That night the ship was towed into the [[Sea of the Moon]] between [[Tahiti]] and [[Moorea]] and sunk in 9,843 feet of water, at latitude 17.45S, longitude 149.48W. On December 1, 2002, an [[engine room]] fire forced evacuation of 127 passengers and 92 crew members to [[Raiataea]], a nearby island. The [[French Navy]] put out the fire and towed the ship to [[Papeete]], where examination showed extensive damage to engineering spaces, although the passenger areas were mostly intact. Subsequently the Navy demanded compensation for its services, and French Polynesian government seized the ''Wind Song''. However, [[Holland America Line]] (owner of Windstar Cruises at the time, itself a subsidiary of [[Carnival Corporation & plc]]) was unwilling to pay the costs involved, and even scrapping was uneconomical, because of the ship's small size and remoteness from [[shipbreaker]]s in India, China, and elsewhere. == References == On January 22, with the agreement of Holland America and Carnival, the President of the Territorial Government of French Polynesia, [[Gaston Flosse]], ordered the [[scuttling]] of the ''Wind Song''. That night the ship was towed into the [[Sea of the Moon]] between [[Tahiti]] and [[Moorea]] and sunk in 9,843 feet of water, at latitude 17.45S, longitude 149.48W. {{Reflist}} ==External links== [http://www.sealetter.com/Nov-96/windsong.html Sea Letter review with picture, 1996] * [https://sites.google.com/site/windsongfire First-hand Passenger account of fire and evacuation, 2003] ~~<!--* [http://www.passengershipsociety.com/newsfile_windsong.htm Passenger Ship Society report of fire] not found 5/30/07 -->~~ {{Windstar Cruises}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wind Song}} [[Category:Individual sailing vessels\|Wind Song]] [[Category:Ship fires]] [[Category:Maritime incidents in 2002]] [[Category:Four-masted ships]] [[Category:Cruise ships]] [[Category:Lost sailing vessels]] [[Category:1986 ships]]