Achilles Lorow Cruise Ship

The 46Steel luxury yacht Achilles is the 4th yacht that has been delivered in the 46 metre series.

Achilles lorow cruise ship. Her superstructure has three decks. As part of its Learn from the past series SAFETY4SEA remembers the hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro in 1985 by four heavily armed Palestinian militants who posed as passengers resulting to the brutal murder of one passenger. Klinghoffer was disabled and in a wheelchair the terrorists shot him in the chest and head and then forced two crew members to dump him and the wheelchair he was confined to over the side of the cruise ship.

While hundreds of passengers had disembarked earlier that day to visit Cairo and make excursions to the ancient pyramids 320 crewmembers and 80 passengers aboard the cruise ship. Shipping History reminds us that on this day in 1994 the MS Achille Lauro cruise ship caught fire and later sank near Somalia following an engine explosion. I embarked in Sydney and the cruise was lengthy about 30 days.

Achille Lauro hijacking hijacking of the Italian cruise ship the MS Achille Lauro on Oct. Aug 31 2015 - Information photos and AIS vessel tracker for the Ship ACHILLE LAURO IMO 5390008. I was 26 at the time and blown away by the experience.

The main deck the upper deck and the sky lounge which are constructed from aluminium. Named after the chairman of the company that came to own her the ship her keel. Achille_Lauro_Hijacking_SEAL_role_in_rescueThe MS Achille Lauro was a cruise ship based in Naples Italy.

March 29 2020 Author. On this page you will see two Deck plans the first is one hails from her Two Class days be it her Liner or early Cruise Days the Second is a plan taken from the 199192 Australian Cruise brochure being a One Class version but using her full capacity of 1343 passengers utilising all berths onboard. The MS Achille Lauro caught on fire and sank 125 miles off the coast of Somalia while I was working on board as a crew member.

On October 7 th 1985 four heavily armed Palestinian Liberation Front terrorists hijacked the Italian liner Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean Sea just off the coast of Alexandria Egypt. Some 320 crewmembers and 80 passengers were taken hostage. The Achille Lauro left Genoa Italy on October 3 for a 12-day cruise of the Mediterranean Sea.