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October 4, 2006 · about 20 years ago

Cruise in hurricanes ‘nightmare’

A cruise ship has docked in Falmouth carrying passengers – many from the South West – who say their trip of a lifetime became a nightmare. Passengers endured two hurricanes and threatened a mutiny on board the MV Athena on its way to north America. A 70-year-old man, thought to be from Sark in the [

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A cruise ship has docked in Falmouth carrying passengers – many from the South West – who say their trip of a lifetime became a nightmare. Passengers endured two hurricanes and threatened a mutiny on board the MV Athena on its way to north America.

A 70-year-old man, thought to be from Sark in the Channel Islands, died after falling down steps during a storm.

Cruise firm Travelscope said that the ship had suffered an “unfortunate chain of events”.

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