Cruise Ship Oceanos Disaster

The Oceanos cruise liner begins sinking off the Wild Coast.

Cruise ship oceanos disaster. In August of 1991 the Lutine bell was no doubt tolled to announce the demise of the Greek cruise ship Oceanos which had sailed from East London to Durban South Africa with 571 passengers and crew members. On board were 571 passengers and crew sailing into a storm which would soon claim another ship. The masters actions during the sinking of the Oceanos raised a number of questions among.

The 7554 ton vessel was commanded by Captain Yiannis Avranas a Greek licensed master with 30 years seagoing experience. Next time the passengers may not be as lucky as the Oceanos I was reading about the Costa Concordia debacle thats going on now and started looking up other cruise ship disasters when I read that. Mts oceanos was a french built and greek owned cruise ship that sank in 1991 due to uncontrolled flooding.

The ships were used on the Marseille - Madagascar - Mauritius service. Passengers aboard the cruise ship Oceanos begin to panic when the ship starts sinkingTo make matters worse the captain and most of the crew have already ab. She headed into 40-knot winds and 9 m 30 ft swells.

The sinking of the cruise ship oceanos. They were all saved by guitarist Moss Hills who radioed for help and directed the rescue operation. Imagine the titanic sinking with 1500 people still on board.

The oceanos cruise ship was sinking and the italan crew have left the ship and passangers to fend for themselfs. Mts OCEANOS was a French built and Greek owned cruise ship which sank off the South Africas eastern coast in August 1991. On 3 August 1991 the Oceanos set out from East London South Africa and headed to Durban.

Launched July 1952 by Forges Chantiers de la Gironde in Bordeaux as the Jean Laborde it was the last of 4 sister ships built for Messageries Maritimes. Seamen have expressed almost universal outrage at Capt. August 23 1992 Royal Pacific sank in the Straits of Malacca after colliding with a Taiwanese fishing vessel resulting in two deaths.