Britanis Cruise Ship Sinking
SS Monterey was also launched in January 1931 but was renamed Matsonia in May 1957 then in 1963 renamed Lurline.
Britanis cruise ship sinking. The family took this cruise back in 1992 I was hooked on cruising from that time on. Lurline which sinking event we followed under another thread. Interesting website here.
A year later the Brittany was sold to shipbreakers at La Spezia. Its the best place to find information about a specific cruise ship your favorite cruise lines fleet or even what happened to your favorite cruise ship from the past. Jan 4 2017 - One of the oldest existing passenger ships 26000-ton Britanis sank 50 miles off the coast of Cape Town South Africa on Oct.
The tugboat crew cut her free and Belofin-1 capsized and sank due to progressive flooding some fifty miles off Cape Town South Africa on 21 October 2000. Britannia current position is at coordinates 3591594 N -57956883333333 W en route to ES CADES BCN. I travelled on this ship in the Summer of 1987 for my senior cruise.
Scrapping finished in July 2017. The Britanis was built as the Matson Lines Monterey in 1931 for the California-Pacific islands-New Zealand-Australia service paired with the Mariposa. In this role she served well into the 1990s before finally sinking en-route to the scrapyard in 2000.
My husband and I booked a 5 day Mexican Caribbean cruise on the Britanis to celebrate our 1 year wedding anniversary in March 1992. It was said at the time that the insurance payout on her enabled Chandris to buy Britanis as a replacement which had been laid up in San Francisco since September 1962 and was up for sale at a bargain price. Britanis - Chandris Fantasy Cruises.
Boy what a change. On 13 January 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground capsized and later sank in shallow waters after striking an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio Tuscany resulting in 32 deaths. She was used as a troopship from 1941 to 1956 when she was renamed Matsoniato sail between Los Angeles and Honolulu.
