Cruise Ship Sinking South Africa

The cruise ship oceanos sank in 1991 off the south african coast.

Cruise ship sinking south africa. While all 571 passengers and crew were safely rescued from the sinking Oceanos off the coast of South Africa the cause of the ships flooding and subsequent sinking has still not been determined according to Art Lubin President of Epirotiki Lines. 18 February 1982 A South African frigate that sank in deep water after a collision with its refueling ship SAS Tafelberg. Crew and passengers saved by South African Air Force 1991.

The Oceanos was a Greek cruise liner sailing. On August 3 1991 Oceanos set sail for East London South Africa and headed north for Durban led by Captain Yiannis Avranas. Her captain and some of the crew were convicted of negligence for fleeing the ship without helping the passengers who were subsequently rescued thanks to the efforts of the ships entertainers.

South African Transport Minister Piet Welgemoed announced a maritime inquiry into the sinking of the 7554-ton ship in seas with 24-foot waves. According to Lubin an investigation as to the. Briefly News looks at the sinking of the MTS OCeanos in South Africa.

In November 1965 89 people died when the cruise ship Yarmouth Castle caught fire and sank in the Caribbean. The masters actions during the sinking of the Oceanos raised a number of questions. There is a phenomenon called rogue waves.

The master of the cruise ship MV Oceanos who in the fall of 1991 off the coast of Africa breached this custom by fleeing his sinking ship while hundreds of passengers remained aboard soon learned the dishonor that attends such a too- hasty abandonment. 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. The cruise ship mts oceanos sunk in storms off south africa in 1991 after setting sail with a 10cm.

The notorious master of the vessel was Captain Yiannis Avranas. On board were 571 passengers and crew sailing into a storm which would soon claim another ship. The oceanos cruise ship was sinking and the italan crew have left the ship and passangers to fend for themselfs.