Cruise Ship Sinking South Africa

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.

Cruise ship sinking south africa. On board were 571 passengers and crew. By the following day the Oceanos was a. Crew and passengers saved by South African Air Force 1991.

The sinking of Oceanos. Oceanos sinks off Wild Coast of South Africa. On 3 August 1991 the Oceanos set sail from East London headed east for Durban.

The MV Oceanos was a 153m passenger ship built in 1952 and designed to carry 550 passengers and 250 crew. 18 February 1982 A South African frigate that sank in deep water after a collision with its refueling ship SAS Tafelberg. The ship reportedly headed into 40-knot winds and 30-foot swells and thus the typical sail-away outdoor deck party with British entertainers Moss and Tracy Hills was moved to an indoor lounge.

While all 571 passengers and crew were safely rescued from the sinking Oceanos off the coast of South Africa the cause of the ships flooding and subsequent sinking has still not been determined according to Art Lubin President of Epirotiki Lines. The cruise ship oceanos sank in 1991 off the south african coast. As of this writing 6 people are dead and 14 are still missing.

Photographs some taken by survivors document the cruise ship sinking off Southern Africas eastern coast in August 1991. The notorious master of the vessel was Captain Yiannis Avranas. The tradition is very strongly felt among mariners.

In November 1965 89 people died when the cruise ship Yarmouth Castle caught fire and sank in the Caribbean. The ship however never arrived in Durban. There is a phenomenon called rogue waves.