1966 Cruise Ship Crsh
The ship was raised and returned to service in May 1966.
1966 cruise ship crsh. 21 October 1966 Aberfan landslide disaster Wales 142. 27 March 1927 Uchigo Iwaki Japan 134. The ocean liner SS Andrea Doria was rammed by MS Stockholm now Astoria on July 25 1956.
A total of 46 people were killed in the collision. The original cruise ship disaster the unsinkable ship struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in 1912. Formerly Columbus for Hapag-Lloyd.
The most recent death was in 1966 when an 18 year old crew member was crushed to death during a routine watertight door drill. At the time of her construction in 1960 the 316 m vessel was the longest passenger ship ever built a record that remained unchallenged until the construction of the 345 m RMS Queen Mary 2 in 2004. Formerly ocean liner Empress of Scotland built as Empress of Japan.
SS Oriana was the last of the Orient Steam Navigation Companys ocean liners. She was built at Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria England and launched on 3 November 1959 by Princess Alexandra. Operating Harmony of the Seas.
TWO CRUISE ships rammed into each other in a shocking crash captured on viral video in a port in Buenos Aires Argentina. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device. Hanseatic Tours Hapag-Lloyd Cruises.
Concorde plane crash accident - a French aircraft with 100 Peter Deilmann cruise passengers booked on MS Deutschland crashed on takeoff from Paris France leaving no survivors. She was extensively rebuilt and modernized after an August 1965 onboard explosion and entered service in 1966 carrying passengers to Sydney Australia. The ship played a role in evacuating the families of British servicemen caught up in unrest in Aden and made one of the last northbound transits through the Suez Canal before its closure during the Six-Day War.
