Greek Cruise Ship Sinks

STRAFP An image taken from Greek TV station ALPHA footage shows the bow of the Greek cruise ship Sea Diamond as the ship sinks off the island of Santorini on April 6 2007.

Greek cruise ship sinks. The Oceanos was a Greek cruise liner sailing the South African coast from Cape Town to Durban passing Coffee Bay off the Wild Coast an area known for treacherous currents and ship wrecks. A Mediterranean cruise ship that struck a volcanic reef and forced the evacuation of hundreds of tourists sank on Friday 15 hours after it began taking. Friday morning it was revealed that two French.

The Greek cruise ship Sea Diamond sinks off the island of Santorini Greece on Friday. Greek cruise ship capsizes Vessel with nearly 1600 people strikes rocks and sinks off the island of Santorini. The Sea Diamond struck rocks near the.

MS Sea Diamond was a cruise ship operated by Louis Hellenic Cruise Lines. 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 deathsThe eight-year-old Costa Cruises vessel was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when it deviated from its planned route at Isola del Giglio sailed closer to the island. ALPHA TV via AFP-Getty Images.

Captain and five officers of sunken Greek cruise ship charged with negligence Nearly 1600 evacuated when ship sinks off Aegean island Two French passengers still not been accounted for. The cruise ship Sea Diamond had struck rocks off the coast of Santorini on Thursday afternoon and had sunk into the Mediterranean by 7 am. Greek cruise ship Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa.

Due to the 15 hour delay the 1600 people on the board were able to evacuate the ship as it continually began listing to starboard. A Greek cruise ship with more than 600 people aboard sank in a harbor off Athens Friday after it was rammed by an Italian freighter killing at least two people injuring 72 others and leaving 14 missing officials said. The Sea Diamond sank shortly before 7 am 15 hours after the accident occurred and the ship began listing and taking on water.

On board were 571 passengers and crew sailing into a storm which would soon claim another ship. Scientists warned fuel and chemicals onboard could harm the environment. An evacuation operation was carried out today as a cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Santorini a Greek island leaving up to 1167 passengers and 391 crew to.