MS Sea Diamond
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MS Sea Diamond was a cruise ship operated by Louis Hellenic Cruise Lines. She was built in 1984 by Valmet, Finland for Birka Line as Birka Princess. The ship ran aground near the Greek island of Santorini 5 April 2007, and sank the next day leaving two passengers missing and presumed dead.
Sea Diamond at Rhodes, Greece
MS Birka Princess in her original exterior appearance and livery.
MS Birka Princess in Stockholm, 2005, displaying the changes made to the superstructure in the 1999 refit.
Attempts to prevent the stricken cruise ship from sinking
Celestyal Cruises
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Celestyal Cruises is a succession to Louis Cruises and Louis Cruise Lines. The Cruise line was a subsidiary of Louis plc until November 2021 when Searchlight Capital Partners took a majority share within the Cruise Line.
Celestyal Cruises
MV Aquamarine anchored off Patmos, Greece in July 2008.
MV Sea Diamond was acquired in 2006, but sank off Santorini in 2007.
Image: Celestyal Discovery