Cruise Ship Sinking South Africa

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Cruise ship sinking south africa. Oceanos sinks off Wild Coast of South Africa. Crew and passengers saved by South African Air Force 1991. In November 1965 89 people died when the cruise ship Yarmouth Castle caught fire and sank in the Caribbean.

South African Transport Minister Piet Welgemoed announced a maritime inquiry into the sinking of the 7554-ton ship in seas with 24-foot waves. The sinking of Oceanos. Captain of Oceanos abandons ship and leaves crew and.

More than 500 passengers and crew members were saved today in a tense rescue operation when a Greek cruise ship sank in the storm-tossed Indian Ocean barely two miles off the rugged South African. São José Paquete Africa Portugal. The Oceanos was a Greek cruise liner sailing.

Photographs some taken by survivors document the cruise ship sinking off Southern Africas eastern coast in August 1991. The Oceanos cruise liner begins sinking off the Wild Coast. 18 February 1982 A South African frigate that sank in deep water after a collision with its refueling ship SAS Tafelberg.

The tradition is very strongly felt among mariners. On 3 August 1991 the Oceanos set sail from East London headed east for Durban. The ship however never arrived in Durban.

It was owned by Epirotiki Lines of Greece and chartered by a South African company TFC Tours. The cruise ship mts oceanos sunk in storms off south africa in 1991 after setting sail with a 10cm. According to Lubin an investigation as to the.