Bassis v. Universal Line, S.A.

MOORE, Circuit Judge:

The issues presented to us on appeal arise out of claims by members of the crew against the S.S. CARIBIA, formerly the famous cruise ship, “Caronia,” which, when Cunard operated it, had carried countless world travelers to many parts of the globe. Sold to its present owner and refurbished for cruise service in Greece, she had in February 1969 sailed from New York on her first Caribbean cruise. Returning to New York on February 28, 1969, she immediately set sail (an anachronism for a power-driven vessel) for a second cruise. Less than a week later, misfortune between St.…