Oceanos
(#48312967)
Level 1 Ridgeback
Familiar
Psywurm
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This dragon’s natural inborn element is Plague.
Female Ridgeback
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Personal Style
Apparel
Skin
Scene
Measurements
Length
18.07 m
Wingspan
21.81 m
Weight
7813.7 kg
Genetics
Caribbean
Vipera
Vipera
Caribbean
Hypnotic
Hypnotic
Grapefruit
Contour
Contour
Hatchday
Breed
Eye Type
Level 1 Ridgeback
EXP: 0 / 245
STR
8
AGI
7
DEF
7
QCK
6
INT
5
VIT
7
MND
5
Biography
MTS Oceanos
|| French-built || Greek-owned ||
I've got a message for the captain / But the captain isn't here / He's piled his crew and all their luggage / In a boat to disappear
|| French-built || Greek-owned ||
I've got a message for the captain / But the captain isn't here / He's piled his crew and all their luggage / In a boat to disappear
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 Primary Caribbean Metallic 
Secondary Caribbean Bee 
1200gTertiary Grapefruit Contour |
On 3 August 1991, the Oceanos set out from East London, South Africa and headed for Durban. Captain Yiannis Avranas (born ca. 1940) had been an officer for 20 years and a seaman for 30. Oceanos headed into 40-knot winds and 9 m (30 ft) swells. Usually, there would have been a "sail-away" party on deck with musicians and British entertainers Moss and Tracy Hills. However, due to the rough seas, this was held inside in the Four Seasons lounge; most passengers chose to stay in their cabins.
The storm worsened as the evening progressed and when the first sitting of dinner was served, the waiters could hardly carry the trays of food without dropping something. Eventually the ship was rolling about from side to side so badly that crockery and cutlery began sliding off the tables and potted plants were falling over.
Flooding
While trying to make up time due to a delayed start because of a bomb threat, the ship encountered rough seas. Earlier repairs to the waste disposal system had not been completed which meant that a vital ventilation pipe which runs through the watertight aft bulkhead and the non-return valves were not replaced. Passengers reported that about 09:30 pm, a muffled explosion was heard and the ship lost power. The Oceanos started taking in water rapidly flooding the engine room and cutting power. By the next morning rescuers found the Oceanos listing badly to one side and adrift just off Coffee Bay.
Rescue efforts
As no alarm or announcement was given that the ship was in trouble, several passengers went to the bridge to look for the captain but found it unmanned. Entertainer Moss Hills then used the radio phone to broadcast a mayday until a ship answered. Of the 16 rescue helicopters, 13 were South African Air Force Pumas, nine of which hoisted 225 passengers off the deck.
All 571 people on board were saved. Moss Hills organized the orderly evacuation of passengers by the helicopters and is generally acknowledged as the leading hero of the event. Hills and fellow entertainer Julian Butler directed the efforts of the entertainment staff, which included Tracy Hills (Moss Hills' wife) and Robin Boltman, to assist the passengers. According to Boltman, "later in the morning, Captain Avarnasi (sic) even contacted me from shore to ask how things were going." Butler, Moss Hills and Tracy Hills were among the last five to be rescued.
After many officers and crew abandoned ship, women and children were given priority when loading the lifeboats by cruise director Lorraine Betts. Later, as the ship developed a severe starboard list that rendered the remaining lifeboats useless, the remaining passengers had to be airlifted onto South African Air Force helicopters by means of a safety harness. Betts again insisted that women and children be rescued first.
Final moments
The following day at approximately 15:30 UTC+2, the Oceanos rolled over onto her side and sank by the bow at 32.12093°S 29.12029°ECoordinates: 32.12093°S 29.12029°E. The last 15 minutes of her sinking was captured on video and broadcast by ABC News.
Aftermath
Captain Avranas and many crew members were criticized for leaving hundreds of passengers behind with no one other than the ship's onboard entertainers to help them evacuate. Avranas received extensive media coverage as an example of unprofessional behaviour whilst in command. Avranas tried to defend his actions by claiming that he left the ship first to arrange for a rescue effort, and then supervised the rescue from a helicopter. He justified his actions saying the "ship was in darkness and the batteries on the crew's walkie-talkies had died, meaning that he had no communications with his crew or with other rescue craft". Avranas was quoted as saying "When I order abandon the ship, it doesn't matter what time I leave. Abandon is for everybody. If some people like to stay, they can stay." The captain and some of the crew were convicted of negligence for fleeing the ship without helping the passengers.
Alevizos Klaudatos, head of Epirotiki Lines, was quoted as saying: "Of course the crew members assigned to the boats have to enter first in order to assist the embarkation of the passengers", "as regards the captain abandoning the vessel, this is untrue and he has maintained his position throughout in assisting the rescue in the most effective way" Epirotiki Lines had lost two other ships within the three years preceding the sinking: the company's flagship Pegasus only two months before, and the MV Jupiter, three years before.
A Greek board of inquiry found Avranas and four officers negligent in their handling of the disaster.
---Wikipedia
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