MS Achille Lauro
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MS Achille Lauro was a cruise ship based in Naples, Italy. It was built between 1939 and 1947 as the ocean liner Willem Ruys for Royal Rotterdam Lloyd. In 1965 Achille Lauro bought the ship, had it co
Achille Lauro
The Achille Lauro on fire during her conversion work in 1965
Lifebuoy from the Achille Lauro (at top right), now on display in the Rotterdam Maritime Museum
MS Willem Ruys
Leon Klinghoffer
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Leon Klinghoffer was an American store owner and appliance creator who was shot, killed and thrown overboard from the cruise ship Achille Lauro by members of the Palestinian Liberation Front who hijac
MS Achille Lauro
…of 50 Palestinians then in Israeli prisons. After being refused permission to dock at Tartus, the hijackers killed disabled Jewish-American passenger Leon Klinghoffer and then threw his body overboard. The ship then headed back towards Port Said, and after two days of negotiations, the hijackers agreed to abandon the…
The last photo of Leon Klinghoffer, taken on the cruise ship Achille Lauro in 1985.
Peter Sellars, who originated the concept of the opera The Death of Klinghoffer and directed its first performance.