Britanis Cruise Ship Sinking

After a major fire in July 1973 she was declared a total loss and was scrapped in Japan in January 1974.

Britanis cruise ship sinking. The burning ship was floated out of the dock and burned out the next day. Eventually sinking on the way to being scrapped in India in 2000 the Britanis also saw barracks duty at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Belofin-1 began taking on water and listing during the voyage but nobody was on board to correct the list.

She sank in 2000 off the coast of South Africa. The ship remained in service until late 1994 when she was laid up. This ship was originally with the Matson Lines and was quite famous.

Notice the buffet line on the outside deck. After the war she became the Matsonia not re-entering service until 1957. Britanis sinks before being scrapped Oct 23 2000 NEW YORK -- One of the oldest existing passenger ships 26000-ton Britanis sank 50 miles off the coast of Cape Town South Africa on Oct.

The Britanis was built as the Matson Lines Monterey in 1931 for the California-Pacific islands-New Zealand-Australia service paired with the Mariposa. My husband and I booked a 5 day Mexican Caribbean cruise on the Britanis to celebrate our 1 year wedding anniversary in March 1992. Around 154 passengers and 40 staff members were safely evacuated from a river cruise ship over the weekend after it started sinking.

On 13 January 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground capsized and later sank in shallow waters after striking an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio Tuscany resulting in 32 deaths. The aged liner left Salvador Brazil earlier last week under a tugboats tow and was headed for a scrap yard in India when it developed a leak in the aft section. Chandris initially operated Britanis as an immigrant liner carrying Greeks and other European passengers to Australia before being dedicated entirely to cruise duties under the Chandris Fantasy Cruises brand.

All Destinations Arctic - Antarctica Baltic - Norwegian Fjords - Russia Iceland - Greenland - Faroe Islands Ireland - UK - British Isles Western Europe - Azores - Canary Islands Mediterranean - Black Sea East Coast USA and Canada New England. The ship is the former SS. Jan 4 2017 - One of the oldest existing passenger ships 26000-ton Britanis sank 50 miles off the coast of Cape Town South Africa on Oct.