In 1997, following Royal Caribbean International's acquisition of Celebrity Cruises, the ship was sold to Sun Cruises, which operated her as SS Sun Vista. On 20 May 1999, the vessel suffered an engine room fire, which cut all power and caused her to sink in the Strait of Malacca on 21 May 1999 at 0121 hrs.

On 20 May 1999 Sun Vista (ex-Galileo Galilei (1963)), bound for Singapore from Phuket, Thailand, suffered an engine room fire that led to her sinking the following day at 0121 local time. Passengers flee Sun Vista as the vessel begins to list. Panic, terror, and incompetence reigned on board the Singapore-owned cruise ship as the power failed.

1999年5月21日 · The crew of the Singapore-owned Sun Vista was said to have panicked during the evacuation, and passengers, including 146 Britons, had to spend up to eight hours in the open boats before being...

On Thursday 20 May 1999, a Bahamas-registered cruise ship Sun Vista operated by a Singapore company, Sun Cruises, caught fire in the Malacca Strait, southwest of Penang. It sank subsequently. All the passengers and crew were saved through the timely evacuation of the ship and the swift response and effective handling by the Malaysian maritime ...

2023年12月12日 · Sun Vista entered service in 1963 and sailed for multiple cruise lines as the SS Galileo Galilei until she sank on May 20, 1999. She served as the Meridian, the first ship for Celebrity...

1999年5月21日 · More than 1,100 passengers and crew aboard a luxury cruise liner have been rescued after it caught fire and sank off the western coast of Malaysia. The Sun Vista caught fire at about 7.15pm...

1999年5月25日 · SINGAPORE -- A former Celebrity Cruises ship caught fire off the coast of Malaysia on May 21 and sank hours later, said officials for Sun Cruises, which had been operating the former Meridian...

Hundreds of passengers who escaped death when their cruiseliner burst into flames and sank off the coast of Malaysia have arrived home. The Sun Vista went down in the Malacca Strait on Thursday...

Report of the Investigation Into the Fire On, and Sinking of the Passenger Vessel "Sun Vista" on 20 and 21 May 1999 Ini the Malacca Straits: Author: Bahamas. Bahamas Maritime Authority:...

PENANG: The luxury cruise liner Sun Vista, a familiar sight in the waters off Phuket, sank at 1:22 this morning after its engine room caught fire yesterday. The 210-meter ship, which was en route to Singapore with 472 passengers and 632 crew, went down about 60 …