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The cruise ship MS Sea Diamond strikes a volcanic reef near Nea Kameni and sinks the next day. Two passengers were never recovered and are presumed dead.
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Cruise ship
Passengers ship used for pleasure voyages
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MS Sea Diamond
Cruise ship built in 1984
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Nea Kameni
Island in the Santorini caldera, Greece
Nea Kameni is a small, uninhabited Greek island of volcanic origin located in the Aegean Sea, within the flooded Santorini caldera. Nea Kameni and the neighbouring small island Palea Kameni have formed over the past two millennia through repeated eruptions of dacite lava and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
April 5
Day of the year
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