Greek Cruise Ship Sinks

SANTORINI Greece A Greek cruise ship sank off the holiday island of Santorini on Friday after the vessel struck rocks and nearly 1600 people on.

Greek cruise ship sinks. She was built in 1984 by Valmet Finland for Birka Line as Birka Princess. Cruise Ship Sinks Near Greece. On board were 571 passengers and crew sailing into a storm which would soon claim another ship.

On 13 January 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground capsized and later sank in shallow waters after striking an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio Tuscany resulting in 32 deathsThe eight-year-old Costa Cruises vessel was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when it deviated from its planned route at Isola del Giglio sailed closer to the island. More than 500 passengers and crew members were saved today in a tense rescue operation when a Greek cruise ship sank in the storm-tossed Indian Ocean barely two. Thursday April 5 2007.

The cruise ship Sea Diamond had struck rocks off the coast of Santorini on Thursday afternoon and had sunk into the Mediterranean by 7 am. Due to the 15 hour delay the 1600 people on the board were able to evacuate the ship as it continually began listing to starboard. The ship sank on 5 April 2007 after running aground near the Greek island of Santorini the previous day leaving two passengers missing and presumed dead.

STRAFP An image taken from Greek TV station ALPHA footage shows the bow of the Greek cruise ship Sea Diamond as the ship sinks off the island of Santorini on April 6 2007. Captain and five officers of sunken Greek cruise ship charged with negligence Nearly 1600 evacuated when ship sinks off Aegean island Two French passengers still not been accounted for. AFPGetty Images An image taken from Greek TV station ALPHA footage shows the bow of the Greek cruise ship Sea Diamond as the ship sinks off the island of Santorini April 6.

An evacuation operation was carried out today as a cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Santorini a Greek island leaving up to 1167 passengers and 391 crew to. The boat overturned in the sea northwest of Milos on Thursday morning. Friday morning it was revealed that two French.

ALPHA TV via AFP-Getty Images. MS Sea Diamond was a cruise ship operated by Louis Hellenic Cruise Lines. The cruise ship Sea Diamond sank in April 2007 off the Greek tourist spot.