Cruise Ship Sinking South Africa

South African Transport Minister Piet Welgemoed announced a maritime inquiry into the sinking of the 7554-ton ship in seas with 24-foot waves.

Cruise ship sinking south africa. Cruise Ship Sinks Greek cruise ship Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa. On 3 August 1991 the Oceanos set sail from East London headed east for Durban. The MV Oceanos was a 153m passenger ship built in 1952 and designed to carry 550 passengers and 250 crew.

On board were 571 passengers and crew. As of this writing 6 people are dead and 14 are still missing. Crew and passengers saved by South African Air Force 1991.

The tradition is very strongly felt among mariners. While all 571 passengers and crew were safely rescued from the sinking Oceanos off the coast of South Africa the cause of the ships flooding and subsequent sinking has still not been determined according to Art Lubin President of Epirotiki Lines. Oceanos Sinks off South Africa.

The masters actions during the sinking of the Oceanos raised a number of questions. The coriolis effect does not affect the direction water flows down a plughole. The Oceanos was a Greek cruise liner sailing.

The Oceanos was a Greek cruise liner sailing the South African coast from Cape Town to Durban passing Coffee Bay off the Wild Coast an area known for treacherous currents and ship wrecks. Her captain and some of the crew were convicted of negligence for fleeing the ship without helping the passengers who were subsequently rescued thanks to the efforts of the ships entertainers. Oceanos sinks off Wild Coast of South Africa.

The cruise ship mts oceanos sunk in storms off south africa in 1991 after setting sail with a 10cm. Under certain conditions they can reach heights of 75 to more than 100 feet high enough to capsize a cruise ship if the ship were to be hit broadside. According to Lubin an investigation as to the.