"Justin C" wrote in message
news:justin.0704-AA3842.02001810042007@stigmata...
In article ,
Gogarty wrote:

I would like to know more about the underwater topography there. I
understand
the ship is resting on a ledge a couple of hundred feet down but is in
danger
of slipping off and falling into the abyss. How deep is that?

It's in the med for cryinoutload, not the Mariana Trench. According to
my atlas (I don't have Mediterranean charts) it's about 600 feet.

She was unloaded in an area with about 20m of water, then after capsizing
slid down the 30 degree slope to an area about 40m deep which is regularly
used by cruise boats. The depths keep going down to 300m with occasional
ledges, before rising again to a couple of volcanic islands (cones), which
from time to time grow a little. It's an appalling anchorage - all rock and
lumps - and the only reason the cruise ships can stay there safely is
becuase there's hardly any current in the enclosed area - also, it's well
sheltered from the regular winds. Many don't bother to anchor.

Don't know where she hit the rocks, but the classic place is when taking a
short cut through the shallower southern entrance to the crater (20m).

It'll be interesting if he bumped into a newly growing volcanic cone . . .

JimB, Compares the Cruise areas of Europe, with lots of detail on Greece
www.jimbaerselman.f2s.com/