Kapitan
07-02-07, 12:44 PM
The ocean liner MV Oriana has capsized during a storm in the harbour of gibralter, the ocean liner of the 1960s was undergoing a refit which could have seen her return to passenger service as soon as the Queen Elizabeth 2 retires.
The vessel which had been towed to gibralter would have later been towed to fincantiari which was making preparations to refit the ship, how ever the ship arrived to early and was sent to gibralter and laid up.
The new owners of the old Oriana, Olympic cruises planned to renovate her for carribean cruises and would recieve all the nessasery safty equipment to make her sea worth.
However during the last nights storms over gibralter in which Oriana broke her moorings, seemed to have hamperd such plans, the oriana is no longer stable and lays on her starboard side half a mile from the pier in which she was moored at.
Plans are currently underway to salvage the ship but the damage caused by her rolling over and the damage recieved by the storm it is unknown wether she will ever return to sea or if she will end up in the breakers yard.
The vessel which had been towed to gibralter would have later been towed to fincantiari which was making preparations to refit the ship, how ever the ship arrived to early and was sent to gibralter and laid up.
The new owners of the old Oriana, Olympic cruises planned to renovate her for carribean cruises and would recieve all the nessasery safty equipment to make her sea worth.
However during the last nights storms over gibralter in which Oriana broke her moorings, seemed to have hamperd such plans, the oriana is no longer stable and lays on her starboard side half a mile from the pier in which she was moored at.
Plans are currently underway to salvage the ship but the damage caused by her rolling over and the damage recieved by the storm it is unknown wether she will ever return to sea or if she will end up in the breakers yard.