Rick Vince posted a photo:
Circa 2019, Beirut, Lebanon.
Launched on 01/12/1988 and completed during July 1989 by Union Naval de Levante, Valencia, Spain (175)
7,478 g.t. and 1,173 dwt., as:
‘Vistamar’ to 2012,
‘Orient Queen II’ to 20156,
‘Med Queen’ to 2018 and
‘Orient Queen’ since.
04/08/2020, a victim of the Beirut explosion.
Two crew killed. Several others badly injured.
The ship has capsized alongside and is very severely damaged.
www.thenational.ae/world/mena/beirut-explosion-orient-que…
&
www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/23337-orient-queen…
Photo with the permission of Martin Dobak.
