Wreck of Lakonia
Shipwreck site
- Position
- 35.25° N, 15.25° W
- Sank
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No protection is recorded for this wreck in the sources we hold. Position for reference only; not for navigation.
TSMS Lakonia was an ocean liner that was launched in 1929 for Netherland Line as the ocean liner Johan van Oldenbarnevelt. In 1962 she became the Greek Line cruise ship TSMS Lakonia. On 22 December 1963 she caught fire at sea and on 29 December she sank. 128 people were killed in the disaster. In the 1930s Johan van Oldenbarnevelt's regular route was between Amsterdam and the Dutch East Indies. She served in the Second World War as an Allied troop ship. She was refitted several times and latterly became a cruise ship. In 1962 Netherland Line sold her to a Greek company, the Shipping Investment Corporation, who renamed her Lakonia and for whom the Greek Line managed her for cruising. From April 1963 Greek Line operated her on cruises from Southampton. On 22 December 1963 fire broke out on the ship when she was about 200 miles (320 km) north of Madeira during a Christmas cruise.
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Lakonia is a recorded shipwreck site at 35.25° N, 15.25° W. Voydar shows wreck locations alongside live ship traffic, free, from Wikidata and public hydrographic records.
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