The Oceanos Miracle

I have just come across this article on : http://www.dispatch.co.za/specialreports/article.aspx?id=163858 about the Oceanos, which was writtine on the 23rd of September 2009, I have not read the whole thing yet, but it looks rather interesting and as soon as I get a moment I will read it - wanted to blog about it first.

New Oceonos Blog

Mike AKA Jack Daniels has started his own blog about his Oceanos experience, it is worth taking a look.  His blog can be found by following this link:  http://oceanossinking-myexperience.blogspot.com/ or clicking on My blog list in the side bar of my blog.  ENJOY!

T.S.M.V. City of Durban - Christmas Menu 25th of December 1956

My mom & dad loved cruises, they would normally do a cruise from Durban up the coat to Beira in Mozambique. Here is the menu from the cruise the took in December 1956.

Titanic II

A British cruise company is organising a cruise to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the titanic, the ship will trace the exact route taken by the titanic and leave on exactly the same day as the titanic as well as having exactly the same number of passengers (not sure if that would include any stow aways that they did not account for).

The cruise leaves Southampton on the 8th of April 2012 and will arrive at the exact point where the titanic sank on the 14th of April, it is "expected" to dock in New York on the 15th of April 2012 the exact date 100 years on that the Titanic originally sank, OR WILL IT?

Apparently tickets for the cruise start at 1,999 Pounds sterling and go up to 7,995 - I somehow don't think I would tempt fate, would you?

http://www.sindhtoday.net/world/87106.htm

RMS Titanic - 15th April 1912

Today is the 97th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, I don't think there are still any survivors alive today, but I could be wrong. I have just been reading all about it again on "Wikipedia" and of course it reminded me of the Oceanos - especially since a few nights before we sailed, the original Titanic movie (the old black & white one) had just been on TV and of course everyone had watched it.

My now husband, was joking with me after the movie, saying that I had better pack my water wings because the Oceanos too was going to hit and ice berg and sink, well I think the ice berg was a bit far fetched, but of course she too did sink.

The story of the Oceanos however is far different from the Titanic, as not one person lost their lives.
Here is the link to "The Titanic", worth reading.

Interesting Newspaper Article

THANK YOU!!!

Once again I would like to say Thank You to everyone who signed my guest book, without your comments and support I probably would have just given up the blog, but every now I then when interest is shown I try and add some new stuff.

Moss Hills

Moss Hill is one of the heroes from the Oceanos, in fact Moss was the person that put the harness over me and therefore personally saw to it that I was air lifted to safety from the Oceanos. Without Moss I would not be here today to tell the story, Moss so many of us owe you our lives for being there to orchestrate the rescue operation.

No medal can actually do justice for the way that you personally touched each of our lives, and a simple "Thank You" just does not seem enough, however your name will go down in History just like "Wolraad Woltemade" and centuries from now, people will be talking about Moss Hills and the Oceanos and how he rescued over 500 people from a doomed ship off the Wild Coast of South Africa!

THANK YOU MOSS - You can link to Moss's website here: http://www.oceanossinking.com/

Keeping the memory alive

Thanks Cindy A from CA, here is the extract from the show that was Broadcast in America on Sunday night:

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The Hudson Miracle

I heard about this, but never saw any of the TV broadcasts, I know it is not about a ship, but it's about a plane that became a boat, Yiannis Avranis could learn something from the pilot of this plane.

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Record for the Oceanos Blog

Wow, I just had a look at my hits and today so far I have had 614 hits and it is only 08:23 in the morning! Mostly from America, I would love to know what show was on TV which would have provoked all these hits, can someone let me know please!

Navy Joke

South Africa - You too can travel to the land where the Oceanos Sank

It's amazing how many hits this website gets on a daily and weekly basis, I get messages from people who have never left their own country, but have heard that South Africa is a beautiful country yes it is. If you are interested in travelling to South Africa, go to this link http://www.southerndestinations.com/ and they will help you tailor your unforgettable trip of a life time to South Africa, if you contact liesl at southerndestinations dot com, please tell her you heard about them through this web site. http://oceanossinking.blogspot.com/ alternatively if you want help organising a low cost budget holiday to South Africa, contact me and I can help you plan it.

Have a look at some amazing photographs of nature in Southern Africa on : http://blog.earth-touch.com/index.php/archive/tags/bird

(c) photos taken by Rose-Marie Rowe

HMS Pinafore

When I was 10 I took part in a school production of the HMS Pinafore, one of the songs that always sticks in my mind is : "I am the captain of the Pinafore, and a right good captain too", here is a cartoon that I found on youtube which I thought you may all enjoy.

Discovery

Sunday morning ... I am up at about 8 too nervous to eat breakfast and then down to the study to look for all my Oceanos paraphernalia, which luckily did not take me long to find. Then quick bath get dressed and wait, they got lost so ended up only arriving after 10:30. Eric & Chris, they transformed our lounge into a Studio in a very short time, D took Em off to the dump to take all the garden refuse and then to feed the ducks just so that she was out the way. And then the interview started, I must say that they are the nicest people I have met in a long time, besides the French guys who interviewed me, but they were equally as nice. They made me feel really at ease and the interview although it went on for over an hour did not feel like it.

They then did some shots of me in the kitchen paging through my scrap book, D and Em came home just as Eric & Chris had finished packing up, we all got in the car and went off to the Dockland to get something to eat, Eric treated us to lunch at Milano's. It worked out really well as Milano's which is an Italian restaurant really caters for the children, they had a children's section with a box of toys and all the kids just congregate round the box of toys, giving the adults a time to chat and not really have to worry about them. After lunch and a bottle of wine, we went out to the River and Chris did some more shots and then some of D, Em and I. We had a lovely afternoon and headed home, only got home at about 4:30 but it was really nice.

I was exhausted by last night and fell into bed at 9:30, only to wake up 3 times and then get out of bed at 6:30 this morning (on a bank holiday). Em and I are going shopping today so lets see how the day pans out, till later have a wonderful week!