Britanis Cruise Ship Sinking
After the war she became the Matsonia not re-entering service until 1957.
Britanis cruise ship sinking. It was said at the time that the insurance payout on her enabled Chandris to buy Britanis as a replacement which had been laid up in San Francisco since September 1962 and was up for sale at a bargain price. All Destinations Arctic - Antarctica Baltic - Norwegian Fjords - Russia Iceland - Greenland - Faroe Islands Ireland - UK - British Isles Western Europe - Azores - Canary Islands Mediterranean - Black Sea East Coast USA and Canada New England. And now October 21st 2000 off Cape Town.
She was used as a troopship from 1941 to 1956 when she was renamed Matsoniato sail between Los Angeles and Honolulu. Notice the buffet line on the outside deck. Chandris initially operated Britanis as an immigrant liner carrying Greeks and other European passengers to Australia before being dedicated entirely to cruise duties under the Chandris Fantasy Cruises brand.
I travelled on this ship in the Summer of 1987 for my senior cruise. River cruise ship comes close to sinking in Europe. Britanis sinks before being scrapped Oct 23 2000 NEW YORK -- One of the oldest existing passenger ships 26000-ton Britanis sank 50 miles off the coast of Cape Town South Africa on Oct.
Heres a small section of a home movie my uncle made of the ship Britanis owned by Chandris LinesI was a 7 year old on that ship as she was about to set. Our first cruise was our honeymoon cruise aboard the newer ship of the time-the Jubilee of the Carnival line in March 1991. Its the best place to find information about a specific cruise ship your favorite cruise lines fleet or even what happened to your favorite cruise ship from the past.
Belofin-1 began taking on water and listing during the voyage but nobody was on board to correct the list. In this role she served well into the 1990s before finally sinking en-route to the scrapyard in 2000. She sank in 2000 off the coast of South Africa.
The ship is the former SS. The tugboat crew cut her free and Belofin-1 capsized and sank due to progressive flooding some fifty miles off Cape Town South Africa on 21 October 2000. Scrapping finished in July 2017.
