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Cruises are known for their vacation allure, but also, like any popular form of leisure activity, they're known for urban legends and rumors associated with them — some of which are macabre, some of which are true, and some of which are both. A rumor circulating on the internet as of November 2022 claimed the following: Cruise ships are equipped with morgues in case passengers die at sea. It's true that major cruise lines have morgues on board, and that's for good reason. Cruise ships are a popular form of vacation activity chosen by older passengers, and if those passengers are retired and have the resources, they are likely to book longer journeys, according the British news publication The Telegraph. Older people spending longer periods of time on cruises means an increased likelihood that some will die of natural causes during their trips. But like anything else, there's always a chance of mishaps or accidents, like the case of a 21-year-old man who had a severe allergic reaction aboard a Norwegian cruise liner and died in 2010. According to The Telegraph, cruise ships are required not only to have medical facilities, but facilities that are able to deal with a limited number of passenger deaths, as well: The Telegraph further reported that an estimated 200 people die every year on cruise ships — actually remarkably few given the 21.7 million people worldwide that cruise each year. In a high profile example of one such incident, in September 2013, British journalist Sir David Frost died aboard the Cunard cruise liner the Queen Elizabeth, on which he was booked as a speaker. A source told The Telegraph that the ship's guests were mostly British and took the sad news without emotion.
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