Sea Diamond Cruise Ship Accident

Cruising Evacuating Sea Diamond avi Greek Cruise Ship Sinks After Crash in Aegean Sea Santorini Greek curise ship evacuated - 5th April 2007 Two Missing Afte.

Sea diamond cruise ship accident. Tourists gathered on clifftops to watch the rescue effort. In April 2020 it will be 13 years since the state-of-the-art cruise ship Sea Diamond sank after hitting a volcanic rock off the Greek island of Santorini resulting in the death of two French passengers. The deadliest maritime disaster in history wasnt exactly an accident.

Originally named Birka Princess the ship was built by the Finnish state-owned company Valmet at their Vuosaari shipyardin Helsinki at a cost of 350 million Finnish mark 589 million. Scientists warned fuel and chemicals onboard could harm the environment. Flashback in maritime History - Sea Diamond sinking at Santorini 5 April 2007.

December 17 2019. The Sea Diamond in good days. She was delivered in 1986 and operated for Birka Line in the Baltic Sea cruiseferry market sailing on 24-hour cruises between Stockholm in Sweden and the Åland.

However there is confusion about what happened in the hours following the collision. Koubenas told reporters that the company ordered the captain to move the ship to shallower waters some 130 meters away so efforts could be made to prevent the vessel from sinking. The incident occurred about a nautical mile off the coast of Santorini and passengers were hastily evacuated on motorboats lifeboats and fishing vessels.

The current Greek government is now trying to decide whether to. On April 5 2007 the 143mtr cruise ship struck a volcanic reef in the sea-filled crater formed by a massive volcanic eruption 3500 years ago. Koubenas told reporters that the company ordered the captain to move the ship to shallower waters some 130 meters away so efforts could be made to prevent the vessel from sinking.

The MV Wilhelm Gustloff was built as a cruise ship for Nazi Germanys state-operated tourism organization yet later served as a hospital ship for the German Navy and floating barracks. It lies in more than 90mtr-deep water. My daughter and I travelled on sea Diamond last year.