Sun Vista Cruise Ship Sinking

In 1979 she was converted to a cruise ship and subsequently sailed under the names Galileo and Meridian.

Sun vista cruise ship sinking. The picture that emerges from the report is that the ship was in such poor mechanical and safety-related condition that the BMA questions whether it. This post takes us back to 1997 the SUNDREAM is seen secured for sea ready for another departure from Barcelona. The ship was sold in 1997 by CELEBRITY CRUISES when she was sailing as the stylish MERIDIAN she was lost at sea 2151999 after a fire broke up in her engine room causing this.

More than 1100 passengers and crew aboard a luxury cruise liner have been rescued after it caught fire and sank off the western coast of Malaysia. All passengers and crew were ferried to Penang from where all. SINGAPORE -- A former Celebrity Cruises ship caught fire off the coast of Malaysia on May 21 and sank hours later said officials for Sun Cruises which.

January 2020 February 2020 March 2020 April 2020 May 2020 June 2020. 21 May 1999. In a desperate race against time can guests be saved from this sinking cruise liner.

Finally at 122 AM May 21 1999 she died and sank about 60 nautical miles south of Penang Island and 50 nautical miles west. The ship was built in 1970 by WARTSILA in Finland as the SONG OF NORWAY to Royal Caribbean she was 18416 GRT with a top speed of 22 knots the vessel was lengthened by 24 meters in 1978 the GRT was. 27888 GRT 701 x 938 feet Twin Screw geared De Laval turbines from builders 255 knots 44000 shaft horsepower 156 First Class 1594 Tourist Class passengers.

Sun Cruises ship sinks. Beautiful photo by Tim Noble showing the 1963 built GALILEO GALILEI here as the SUN VISTA arriving the Singapore Cruise Terminal in 1997 prior to start her first cruise operated by SUN CRUISES. Approx 45miles West of Penang Malaysis in the Andaman Sea.

Sun Vista cruise ship we sailed from Singapore to Phuket in Thailand stopping at Malacca and Penang in Malaysia this ship took the Malacca straights as her. Mikhail Lermontov sank hit rocks in shallow water 16th Feb 1986. Sun Vista cruise ship we sailed.