Sun Vista Cruise Ship Sinking
All passengers and crew were ferried to Penang from where all.
Sun vista cruise ship sinking. The Beautiful Sun Vista previously SS Meridian Location. In a desperate race against time can guests be saved from this sinking cruise liner. Beautiful photo by Tim Noble showing the 1963 built GALILEO GALILEI here as the SUN VISTA arriving the Singapore Cruise Terminal in 1997 prior to start her first cruise operated by SUN CRUISES.
27888 GRT 701 x 938 feet Twin Screw geared De Laval turbines from builders 255 knots 44000 shaft horsepower 156 First Class 1594 Tourist Class passengers. Sun Vista cruise ship we sailed. Any Price 250 or less 251 - 500 501 - 1000 1001 - 1500 1501 - 2000 2001 - 3000 3000 or more.
More than 1100 passengers and crew aboard a luxury cruise liner have been rescued after it caught fire and sank off the western coast of Malaysia. No one can forget the sinking of the Andrea Doria which ironically enough was home ported in Genoa Italy where Costa is based. Admiral Nakhimov sank got rammed 31st Aug 1986.
Finally at 122 AM May 21 1999 she died and sank about 60 nautical miles south of Penang Island and 50 nautical miles west. The crew of the Singapore-owned Sun Vista was said to have panicked during the evacuation and passengers including 146 Britons had to spend up to eight hours in the open boats before being. Names of ships and articles would be great.
This post takes us back to 1997 the SUNDREAM is seen secured for sea ready for another departure from Barcelona. The Sun Vista caught fire at about 715pm 1115 GMT on Thursday and sank some eight hours later about 90km 60 miles south of Penang Island in the Andaman Sea. The Gazette understands that everyone on board was.
All saved as liner sinks. On Thursday 20 May 1999 a Bahamas-registered cruise ship Sun Vista operated by a Singapore company Sun Cruises caught fire in the Malacca Strait southwest of Penang. Any Length 1-2 nights 3-6 nights 7-9 nights 10-14 nights over 14 nights.
