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 * Crewmember Suicide
 * A coroner in Southampton heard last week of the tragic suicide of Indian waiter Sumith Gawas, who hung himself in his cabin on the P&O ship Arcadia, after being caught by a colleague stealing from the tip jar in the self-service restaurant he waited in. After being caught in the act by a colleague, he was sent to his cabin. His cabin mate found him hanging there the next morning, and around £800 ($1,260) was found in his possession, which fellow employees said was more than he would have earned. The coroner concluded that he hung himself out of shame.
 * Sumith Gawas, 22 from Goa, took his own life in his cabin on 16 July after colleagues caught him emptying a restaurant tips box, the BBC reported. The ship was docked at Southampton at the time. Gawas tried to hide £140 (£217) in notes from the theft and was subsequently found to have £800 ($1,244) in cash on his person. This sum was “more than he would have earned”, according to inquest testimony from P&O’s security officer, Adrian Prangnell. Southampton’s deputy coroner recorded a verdict of suicide.


 * 3,400 total capacity, 82,500 GT, 285.3 m length, 32 m beam, top speed 24 kts.Initially ordered by Cunard as QV, transferred early 2004 to P&O after Cunard ordered enhanced spec QV.
 * With capacity for 3,400 passengers and crew, the 82,500 gt, 16-deck vessel, whose reference cost is $400m according to the consultant GP Wild, is 285.3 m long and 32 m wide and has a top speed of 24 knots. The Arcadia was ordered initially by Cunard as the Queen Victoria, before Carnival’s tie-up with P&O Princess Cruises, and was transferred early last year when Cunard ordered an enhanced Queen Victoria, which is due to enter service late in 2007.