Cruise Ship Oceanos

Mts oceanos was a french built and greek owned cruise ship that sank in 1991 due to uncontrolled flooding.

Cruise ship oceanos. On board were 581 passengers and crew. She was the last of four ships built for Messageries Maritimes and was christened Jean LabordeThe ship was renamed several times before coming into the possession of the Epirotiki Lines and registered at Piraeus Greece in. It is 20 years since the passenger cruise ship Oceanos sank on the 4th August 1991.

The ship was built in France and owned by a Greek cruise ship company. 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 dishonour that attends such a too-hasty abandonment. On board were 581 passengers and crew.

Where did the cruise ship Oceanos sink. August 4 1991. Tonight on DatelineNBC they are doing a special about the sinking of the Greek cruise ship Oceanos and the survivors from 8-4-91.

MTS Oceanos was a French-built and Greek owned cruise ship. The sinking of the cruise ship oceanos. A Greek cruise liner oceanos was sailing from Cape Town via east London to Durban.

The Jean Laborde was the last of 4 sister ships built for Messageries Maritimes in Bordeaux France. It is 20 years since the passenger cruise ship Oceanos sank on the 4th August 1991. 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.

MTS Oceanos was a French-built and Greek-owned cruise ship that sank in 1991 due to uncontrolled flooding. The Oceanos started its life as the Jean Laborde. Following an evacuation of everyone on board the ship was towed offshore and sank.