South Africa Cruise Ship Sinking

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South africa cruise ship sinking. Hi My name is Rose I am one of the Survivors of the Oceanos which sank off Coffee Bay on the Wild Coast of South Africa on August the 4th 1991. But suddenly the ship springs a leak and begins to sink. The wreckage was finally found and fully identified in 2004 when divers brought a part of her bow with a.

Oceanos Sinks off South Africa August 16 1991 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. EAST LONDON South Africa Everyone on board the cruise ship Oceanos was safe and accounted for Monday but survivors angrily accused the captain of taking one of the first rescue helicopters to. However when the ship sailed out of one of the harbours on this first cruise the passengers on the open deck felt a shudder and thought the ship had hit the bottom.

Luxury Greek liner Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa when the engine room floods. The notorious master of the vessel was Captain Yiannis Avranas. On board were 571 passengers and crew sailing into.

Mike van Dijk a 54-year-old from Pretoria South Africa said crew members delayed lowering the lifeboats even thought the ship was listing badly. 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.

The ships crew had failed to replace ventilation pipes it removed during repairs. As one of the largest rescues in maritime history I was rescued by helicopter 2 hours before she. Italian Cruise Ship Sinking.

The ship which had. Mike van Dijk a 54-year-old from Pretoria South Africa said crew members delayed lowering the lifeboats even though the ship was listing badly. It was owned by Epirotiki Lines of Greece and chartered by a South African company TFC Tours.