Oceanos: Rescue off the Wild Coast | “Just A Precaution”  | 1
Against The Odds10 Jun 2025

Oceanos: Rescue off the Wild Coast | “Just A Precaution” | 1

On the night of August 3, 1991, the cruise ship Oceanos sets sail from South Africa’s eastern cape with 571 people aboard—despite a massive storm barreling up the coast. Soon, a breach in the hull knocks out power, and the ship begins taking on water. As senior officers abandon ship, the fate of everyone on board falls to the ship’s entertainers, who must lead a mass evacuation before the Oceanos vanishes beneath the waves.

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