Greek Cruise Ship Sinks

A major rescue operation has pulled 17 passengers from the sea after a British tourist ship sunk off a Greek island.

Greek cruise ship sinks. A Greek prosecutor on Saturday charged the captain and five other crew of a cruise ship which ran aground near the Aegean island of Santorini as. 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. Friday morning it was revealed that two French.

Greek cruise ship Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa. 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. Scientists warned fuel and chemicals onboard could harm the environment.

The Greek cruise ship Sea Diamond sinks off the island of Santorini Greece on Friday. 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. 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.

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. She was built in 1984 by Valmet Finland for Birka Line as Birka Princess. Cruise Ship Sinks Near Greece.

Thursday April 5 2007. The ship sank on 5 April 2007 after running aground near the Greek island of Santorini the previous day leaving two passengers missing and presumed dead. 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. The Sea Diamond struck rocks near the.