1991 Sinking Of Cruise Ship

The oceanos cruise ship was sinking and the italan crew have left the ship and passangers to fend for themselfs.

1991 sinking of cruise ship. The 1991 sinking of the cruise ship Oceanos was anything but ideal explained Herring. The ship was built. Imagine the Titanic sinking with 1500 people still on boardMTS Oceanos was a French-built and Greek-owned crui.

On August 3 1991 Oceanos set sail for East London South Africa and headed north for Durban led by Captain Yiannis Avranas. The sinking of the cruise ship oceanos. One of the 330 crewmembers dies but the rest of the crew and all 409 passengers mainly elderly Australians are evacuated.

Britanis was one of Chandris Lines longest-serving ships. The Oceanos a 7554-ton cruise liner was steaming on a weekend voyage from East London to Durban when the ship lost power late Saturday. In addition Readers Digest magazine published a detailed article in their November 1991 issue and they asked Moss Hills and his wife Tracy for as much detail as possible including emotions and personal memories of events prior to and during the sinking of the Oceanos.

On board were 571 passengers and crew sailing into a storm which would soon claim another ship. 16 January 1991 Ship Country Description Continental Lotus India. The World witnessed an ugly scene back on 03 August 1991 when MTS Oceanos sunk in 1991 because of uncontrolled floods.

The Oceanos cruise liner begins sinking off the Wild Coast. The Greek company that owned the Oceanos the cruise liner that went down off the coast of South Africa on Sunday has a history of maritime mishaps with three of its ships. Photographs some taken by survivors document the cruise ship sinking off Southern Africas eastern coast in August 1991.

SS BRITANIS - 1991. The vessel had been plying the waters of the Indian Ocean during July and August 1991. Attempts to beach the ship were unsuccessful and at 2250 hours she sank some distance from the shore.