![]() ![]() The German built ship was trying to outrun Erin by fleeing its berth at the Port of Palm Beach for what ship officials thought would be safe harbor at Port Canaveral, but as Erin whipped up the Florida coast toward Vero Beach, the captain apparently saught refuge out to sea 90-miles east of Port Canaveral where it began taking on water.īy 4:30 a.m., the ship whose advertisements offered "The ultimate casino and nightclub experience" began listing badly. No passengers were on board the Club Royale. Seven other crew members were rescued after noon in a daring hellicopter-to-sea maneuver in which United States Coast Guard swimmers who hung from steel cables in 75-mph winds rescued the survivors from 20-foot seas.Īn eighth member of the 11-man crew had been rescued about two miles from a life raft by the merchant vessel Jarvis Avouts, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Chris Rose. It's estimated that very few chips left the casino in the 30-day operation, and those chips that did survive are considered quite rare. The Club Royale began sailing on July 1, 1995, and operated for exactly one month doing twice-a-day gambling cruises to nowhere. The captain and two crewmen of the Palm Beach County, Florida, casino-gambling ship Club Royale were lost at sea on August 2, 1995, when the 234-foot vessel sank before dawn in rough seas churned up by Hurricane Erin, about 90-miles east of Port Canaveral, Florida. ![]()
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