1991 Sinking Of Cruise Ship

Imagine the titanic sinking with 1500 people still on board.

1991 sinking of cruise ship. Italian cruise ship hits rocks. The sinking of the cruise ship oceanos. Tonight on DatelineNBC they are doing a special about the sinking of the Greek cruise ship Oceanos.

The Oceanos sank in 1991. On board were 571 passengers and crew sailing into a storm which would soon claim another ship. Sinking of the Oceanos 1991 - Royal Caribbean International - Cruise Critic Community.

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. In addition Readers Digest magazine published a detailed article in their November 1991 issue and they asked Moss Hills and his wife Tracy for as much detail as possible including emotions and personal memories of events prior to and during the sinking of the Oceanos. Imagine the Titanic sinking with 1500 people still on boardMTS Oceanos was a French-built and Greek-owned crui.

Attempts to beach the ship were unsuccessful and at 2250 hours she sank some distance from the shore. The World witnessed an ugly scene back on 03 August 1991 when MTS Oceanos sunk in 1991 because of uncontrolled floods. 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.

The vessel had been plying the waters of the Indian Ocean during July and August 1991. Soviet cruise ship Mikhail Lermontov sinking on 16 February 1986. One of the 330 crewmembers dies but the rest of the crew and all 409 passengers mainly elderly Australians are evacuated.

The 1991 sinking of the cruise ship Oceanos was anything but ideal explained Herring. She was launched in 1931 as Monterey serving alongside her sister Lurline for Matson Lines offering cruises to Hawaii from the USA. SS BRITANIS - 1991.