Cruise Ship Half Sunk
Includes Marlborough Harbour Board pilot Captain Don Jamison left foreground and to his right his counsel Mr Alister Macalister.
Cruise ship half sunk. Some under water construction would be needed to stabilise the vessels new half sunken status. 530 aboard - 30 died and 70 were injured. Costa Concordia was a once in a lifetime disaster that will never be repeated.
Its actually really aweso. Listing 46 degrees to starboard the rusting vessel languishes near the shore of Roderick Bay Solomon Islands. Its an extemely rare occurrence.
1986 was an unusually tragic year in the annals of the Russian merchant marine. As the ship was not a known wreck and not marked on any charts Mardi Gras officers took immediate action. In this Friday Dec.
With some internal remodelling to level the spaces the upper decks become the living and. The entire ship now forms an activity centre for all kinds of underwater adventures and activities. Abandoned World Discoverer Cruise Ship Lies Half-Sunken in the Solomon Islands 920x604.
Mardi Gras Encounters Half-Sunken Ship and Activates Rescue Procedures Just after 10 PM on Monday August 2 Mardi Gras watch officer encountered a nearly entirely submerged ship with just the bow coming up from the oceans surface. The ship sank half an hour after striking the islet. The 8762 gross tons DON PEDRO was built in 1984.
There is nothing quite like the site of a deserted shipwreck. More than 30000 tonnes of material a quarter of the ships weight has been used in the salvage operation and the cost so far has been 500 million - more than Concordia cost to build. Grounded in Gulf of Finland and the ship sank half-way before being moved.
