Cruise Ship Oceanos
The sea is known for treacherous currents and several ships have sunk here.
Cruise ship oceanos. Oceanos is one of the documented tragedies ever to happen in the sea and following a probe by maritime authorities the captain and his crew were found to have been negligent. The MTS Oceanos was a French-built and Greek-owned cruise ship that sank on this day in 1991 due to uncontrolled flooding off the coast of South Africa. Launched in July 1959 by Forges Chantiers de la Gironde in Bordeaux as the Jean Laborde it was the last of four sister ships built for Messageries Maritimes.
Her captain and some of the crew were convicted of negligence for fleeing the ship without helping the passengers who were subsequently rescued thanks to the efforts of the ships entertainers. Her captain and some of the crew were convicted of negligence for fleeing the ship without helping the passengers who were subsequently rescued thanks to the efforts of the ships entertainers. Imagine the titanic sinking with 1500 people still on board.
A Greek cruise liner oceanos was sailing from Cape Town via east London to Durban. Cruise ship Oceanos sinks. Experience Diving in Remote Locations with our Liveaboard Dive Cruises.
The Oceanos was a Greek cruise liner sailing from Cape Town South Africa via east London to Durban. She was the last of four ships built for Messageries Maritimes and was christened Jean LabordeThe ship was renamed several times before coming into the possession of the Epirotiki Lines and registered at Piraeus Greece in. On board were 581 passengers and crew.
The Jean Laborde was the last of 4 sister ships built for Messageries Maritimes in Bordeaux France. It is 20 years since the passenger cruise ship Oceanos sank on the 4th August 1991. A Greek cruise liner oceanos was sailing from Cape Town via east London to Durban.
It is 20 years since the passenger cruise ship Oceanos sank on the 4th August 1991. Tonight on DatelineNBC they are doing a special about the sinking of the Greek cruise ship Oceanos and the survivors from 8-4-91. The French-built Greek-owned cruise ship had been launched in 1952 and completed the next year.
