South Africa Cruise Ship Sinking

The Oceanos cruise liner begins sinking off the Wild Coast.

South africa cruise ship sinking. Luxury Greek liner Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa when the engine room floods. The ships crew had failed to replace ventilation pipes it removed during repairs. Hi My name is Rose I am one of the Survivors of the Oceanos which sank off Coffee Bay on the Wild Coast of South Africa on August the 4th 1991.

Mike van Dijk a 54-year-old from Pretoria South Africa said crew members delayed lowering the lifeboats even thought the ship was listing badly. Mike van Dijk a 54-year-old from Pretoria South Africa said crew members delayed lowering the lifeboats even though the ship was listing badly. Two dozen people aboard a sinking ship were rescued by a Carnival Cruise Line vessel Saturday.

She was towed to the mouth of the Coega River and sunk in 1904. Authorities have not revealed what. But suddenly the ship springs a leak and begins to sink.

The wreckage was finally found and fully identified in 2004 when divers brought a part of her bow with a. In November 1965 89 people died when the cruise ship Yarmouth Castle caught fire and sank in the Caribbean. The County of Pembroke a British cargo ship was shipwrecked in Algoa Bay in 1903.

As one of the largest rescues in maritime history I was rescued by helicopter 2 hours before she. However when the ship sailed out of one of the harbours on this first cruise the passengers on the open deck felt a shudder and thought the ship had hit the bottom. Sadly there arent enough boats for everyone.

The 571 people on board are rescued. The MV Oceanos was a 153m passenger ship built in 1952 and designed to carry 550 passengers and 250 crew. São José Paquete Africa.