Sea Diamond Cruise Ship Accident

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Sea diamond cruise ship accident. Some 1600 passengers and crew were safely evacuated but a 45-year-old French passenger and his teenage daughter are presumed to have drowned though divers were unable to locate any bodies. My daughter and I travelled on sea Diamond last year. In April 2020 it will be 13 years since the state-of-the-art cruise ship Sea Diamond sank after hitting a volcanic rock off the Greek island of Santorini resulting in the death of two French passengers.

Captain Yiannis Marinos has blamed a current for pushing the Sea Diamond off course and onto a well-marked reef. Local time 15 hours after the accident occurred and the ship began listing and taking on water. The MV Wilhelm Gustloff was built as a cruise ship for Nazi Germanys state-operated tourism organization yet later served as a hospital ship for the German Navy and floating barracks.

Ship Collision Allision. The Sea Diamond a ship in the Louis Cruise Lines fleet sank in 2007 after hitting a volcanic reef and damaging its hull. Koubenas told reporters that the company ordered the captain to move the ship to shallower waters some 130 meters away so efforts could be made to prevent the vessel from sinking.

All onboard were safely evacuated except a French man Jean Christophe. The ship sank two hours later taking with it Jean Christophe Allain 45 and his daughter Maud 16. Flashback in maritime History - Sea Diamond sinking at Santorini 5 April 2007.

The Sea Diamond struck rocks in the sea-filled crater formed by a massive volcano eruption 3500 years ago. However there is confusion about what happened in the hours following the collision. She was delivered in 1986 and operated for Birka Line in the Baltic Sea cruiseferry market sailing on 24-hour cruises between Stockholm in Sweden and the Åland.

On April 5 2007 the 143mtr cruise ship struck a volcanic reef in the sea-filled crater formed by a massive volcanic eruption 3500 years ago. On being sucked under water when a ship goes down. The water in the pool is about to pour out and they are told not to panic everything is under control and suddenly the crew is wearing life jackets.