1991 Sinking Of Cruise Ship

A cruise ship ran aground off the west coast of Italy killing at least six people.

1991 sinking of cruise ship. 19 rows List of shipwrecks. The Soviet cruise ship Mikhail Lermontov sinks in 100 feet of water off the northern tip of New Zealands South Island after hitting a reef. The vessel had been plying the waters of the Indian Ocean during July and August 1991.

16 January 1991 Ship Country Description Continental Lotus India. On Saturday 3 August 1991 the Oceanos set sail from East London with 571 passengers and crew en-route to Durban. Imagine the titanic sinking with 1500 people still on board.

After the sinking of the Oceanos on 4th August 1991 the principal people involved in the rescue had to give official statements of events. Photographs some taken by survivors document the cruise ship sinking off Southern Africas eastern coast in August 1991. The Oceanos a 7554-ton cruise liner was steaming on a weekend voyage from East London to Durban when the ship lost power late Saturday.

SS BRITANIS - 1991. Attempts to beach the ship were unsuccessful and at 2250 hours she sank some distance from the shore. One of the 330 crewmembers dies but the rest of the crew and all 409 passengers mainly elderly Australians are evacuated.

Cruise Ship Sinks Greek cruise ship Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa. The Greek company that owned the Oceanos the cruise liner that went down off the coast of South Africa on Sunday has a history of maritime mishaps with three of its ships. A leak in the engine room caused the ship to lose power and the water continued to rise until it.

More than 500 passengers and crew were saved. In addition Readers Digest magazine published a detailed article in their November 1991 issue and they asked Moss Hills and his wife Tracy for as much detail as possible including emotions and personal memories of events prior to and during the sinking of the Oceanos. Tonight on DatelineNBC they are doing a special about the sinking of the Greek cruise ship Oceanos.