Sea Diamond Cruise Ship Accident

Originally named Birka Princess the ship was built by the Finnish state-owned company Valmet at their Vuosaari shipyardin Helsinki at a cost of 350 million Finnish mark 589 million.

Sea diamond cruise ship accident. Two French cruise passengers drown. Koubenas told reporters that the company ordered the captain to move the ship to shallower waters some 130 meters away so efforts could be made to prevent the vessel from sinking. A Greek court has convicted nine of a total thirteen defendants on trial for their role in the fatal 2007 sinking of the Sea Diamond cruise ship off the coast of Santorini.

However there is confusion about what happened in the hours following the collision. Authorities said two French passengers a 45 year-old man and his 16-year-old daughter had still not been accounted for and lists of. The cruise ship Sea Diamond sank in April 2007 off the Greek tourist spot.

Their bodies were never found and they were presumed drowned. The Sea Diamond sank shortly before 7 am. The current Greek government is now trying to decide whether to.

The current Greek government is now trying to. The photo captions are good. Local time 15 hours after the accident occurred and the ship began listing and taking on water.

On April 5 2007 the 143mtr cruise ship struck a volcanic reef in the sea-filled crater formed by a massive volcanic eruption 3500 years ago. Just the most wonderful ship and crew but the Evacuation training was very lax. In both cases the captains poor navigational skills recklessness and negligence in efficiently evacuating the cruise ship killed passengers.

The Sea Diamond struck rocks in the sea-filled crater formed by a massive volcano eruption 3500 years ago. Flashback in maritime History - Sea Diamond sinking at Santorini 5 April 2007. The MV Wilhelm Gustloff was built as a cruise ship for Nazi Germanys state-operated tourism organization yet later served as a hospital ship for the German Navy and floating barracks.