Fire Onboard Transport Ship Burns Down Three Yachts

A fire onboard the weather deck of cargo vessel BBC Virginia on 27 November 2021 burned down and totaled a Silent Power catamaran and two Ocean Alexander yachts, with a third Ocean Alexander yacht receiving fire damage.  The cargo vessel BBC Virginia was on a voyage from Koahsioung, Taiwan, when it was reported that the Silent catamaran started smoking, with the smoke becoming a full blaze of fire which jumped and totaled two other super yachts, and damaging a third.  No persons were injured in the fire.

On 12 December 2022 Ocean Alexander opened a lawsuit for damages versus Silent Yachts and Cross Chartering the ship owner of BBC Virginia, stating that the solar powered system onboard the Silent Yacht was unproven and untested, while also reporting that BBC Virginia was an unseaworthy vessel.

The Ocean Alexander yachts in this fire and there respective sizes have not been mentioned although the one in the above picture looks to be an Explorer 27E, a model which debuted in 2020, while the damaged super yacht shown in another photo looked to be a 37L.