Cruise Ship Oceanos Disaster

The crew abandoned ship leaving the passengers behind.

Cruise ship oceanos disaster. Horrible Cruise Ship Disasters From Hell - YouTube. The MV Oceanos was a 153m passenger ship built in 1952 and designed to carry 550 passengers and 250 crew. The sea that day was not happy it was grey and dark and angry even a big ship like the Oceanos was tossed around in.

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. Achille Lauro was made famous by a 1985 hijacking but became a popular cruise ship with the South African public in the latter half of the 1980s and early 1990s when she sailed several successful cruise. The storm worsened and at approximately 2130 UTC2 while off the Wild Coast of the Transkei a muffled explosion was heard.

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. The 7554 ton vessel was commanded by Captain Yiannis Avranas a Greek licensed master with 30 years seagoing experience. August 23 1992 Royal Pacific sank in the Straits of Malacca after colliding with a Taiwanese fishing vessel resulting in two deaths.

Mts OCEANOS was a French built and Greek owned cruise ship which sank off the South Africas eastern coast in August 1991. They were all saved by guitarist Moss Hills who radioed for help and directed the rescue operation. Italian Cruise Disaster Cruise ship to port.

August 4 1991 MTS Oceanos Greek-owned cruise ship sank in 1991 in stormy conditions off the coast of South Africa. The Oceanos cruise liner begins sinking off the Wild Coast. Mts oceanos was a french built and greek owned cruise ship that sank in 1991 due to uncontrolled flooding.

Achille Lauro and Oceanos are the two most famous of the cruise ships that temporarily cruised roundtrip from South Africa in those pioneering days of the South African cruise market. It was owned by Epirotiki Lines of Greece and chartered by a South African company TFC Tours. The sinking of the cruise ship oceanos.