1991 Sinking Of Cruise Ship

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

The sinking of the cruise ship oceanos. Britanis was one of Chandris Lines longest-serving ships. Cruise Ship Sinks Greek cruise ship Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa.

Attempts to beach the ship were unsuccessful and at 2250 hours she sank some distance from the shore. The ship was built. The passengers and surviving crew had been transferred by lifeboats to Tarihiko and Arahura.

Soviet cruise ship Mikhail Lermontov sinking on 16 February 1986. Imagine the titanic sinking with 1500 people still on board. 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.

More than 500 passengers and crew were saved. On Saturday 3 August 1991 the Oceanos set sail from East London with 571 passengers and crew en-route to Durban. The Oceanos sank in 1991.

While trying to make up time due to a delayed start because of a bomb threat the ship encounted rough seas. 19 rows List of shipwrecks. Photographs some taken by survivors document the cruise ship sinking off Southern Africas eastern coast in August 1991.