1980's Cruise Ship Sinking

The sinking of the British ocean liner RMS Titanic in 1912 with over 1500 fatalities is probably the most famous shipwreck but not the biggest in terms of lives lostThe wartime sinking of the German Wilhelm Gustloff in January 1945 in World War II by a Soviet Navy submarine with an estimated loss of about 9400 people remains the deadliest isolated maritime disaster ever.

1980's cruise ship sinking. The cruise ship PRINSENDAM was abandoned 200 miles off the coast of Alaska due to fire. At approximately 100 am. Long before Captain Schettino smashed the Costa Concordia into the rocks off of the coast of Giglio another captain of a passenger cruise ship slammed his vessel into the rock and sank the ship.

7 February 1980 Ship Country Description Pacific Trader United States. It was somewhat smaller than average size for its day carrying about 350 passengers and 200 crew. The Sinking of the PrinsendamOctober 1980.

While many of those recorded no fatalities the idea of going down like Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet is enough to keep superstitious travelers on dry land. Prinsendams Sinking in 1980 Led to One of Historys Greatest Maritime Rescues. 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.

In 2013 the New York Times did a study and found that between 1980 and 2012 16 cruise ships have sunk with most being in inhospitable waters doing adventure cruises such as visiting Antarctica or smaller vessels that got caught in sudden storms such as the Estona which sank in 1994 killing more than 800 people in the Baltic Sea. 6 Years Later. A wealthy San Francisco socialite was murdered aboard the cruise ship Royal Viking Star on August 19 1989.

The ship wasnt with the company long catching fire in Alaskan waters in 1980 and sinking That same year Holland America introduced Veendam and Volendam both American passenger ships. Cruise lawyers can pinpoint where the cruise ship line failed to provide safety and welfare of its customers. Verdict in Deadly Sinking of Sea Diamond Cruise Ship.

The ship sank seven days later US. The 110-foot 335 m crab-fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Bering Sea north of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands with the loss of three crewmen. Over 500 passengers and crew were rescued.