Considered "Unsinkable", The Ocean Ranger Oil Platform capsized and sank on Monday February 15, 1982 killing all aboard. A major storm in the North Atlantic Grand Banks off St. John's, Newfoundland triggered a chain of failures that inexperience and design flaws fatally exacerbated. My Maritime Playlist Is Up:    • VANISHING ANGLE   The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3htwtaJI2nM The Collapse Series:    • The COLLAPSE Series   ▶REFERENCES, SOURCES & FEATURED MEDIA: https://pastebin.com/P5SDYQWr ▶MUSIC: Produced by @Mors ▶TOSS A COIN TO YOUR RESEARCHER? Immortar Supporters on Patreon get 100% Ad-Free Exclusive Versions of Every Video Releasing! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BrickImmortar PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/brickimmortar Or Just Click Join! ▶Timestamps: 00:00 Ocean Ranger Radio Call to Mobil Oil 00:34 Background: Semi-Submersible Oil Rigs 00:54 Background: ODECO Oil Company, The Ocean Ranger 04:38 Ocean Ranger Chain of Command - ODECO/Mobil Joint Crew 06:47 Hibernia Oil Fields & The Zapata Ugland and Sedco 706 Platforms 07:20 Storm Headed To Newfoundland, Grand Banks, North Atlantic Feb 14, 1982 08:49 Ocean Ranger Disconnects from Drill at Due To Storm - 6:58pm 09:45 February 6, 1982 - Ballast Valve Opened by Mistake, Platform Nearly Capsizes 11:13 Storm Intensifies to Hurricane Strength, Battering The Hibernia Oil Field 12:31 Portlight in Ballast Control Room Broken, Imploded by Huge Wave - 7:45pm 13:26 Standby/Supply Ships Overhear Ocean Ranger Two-Way Internal Radio Chatter 15:12 Calls Begin from Ocean Ranger to Various Parties, None Sounding Urgent - 8:45pm 16:03 Crew Cuts Power & Air to Ballast Control - 9:00pm 16:47 How Did The Ocean Ranger Oil Rig Sink? 18:27 Non-Urgent ""Distress"" Calls To Colleagues From Ocean Ranger Begin - 1:00am 21:41 Rig Suddenly Abandoned Just Before Seaforth Highlander Arrives - 1:30am 23:25 Seaforth Highlander Arrives On Scene, Rig Still Afloat - 2:11am 23:52 Lifeboat Spotted by Seaforth Highlander - 2:21am 27:12 Supply Ship Boltentor Approaches The Oil Rig, Finding No Survivors - 2:45am 27:43 Ocean Ranger Oil Rig Capsizes and Ultimately Sinks - 3:00am 30:05 Exhaustive, Years Long Investigation - Newfoundland Mourns - ODECO/Mobil Stonewall 30:34 RORO Cargo Ship Mekhanik Tarasov Sinks in Same Area Due to Storm - 5:00am 30:57 The Ocean Ranger is Refloated and Dumped Deeper at Sea 32:02 In Memoriam... ▶Immortar Supporters: Special Thanks, You All Rock For Real! ⭐Gage h ⭐ShokBox ⭐RigbyMortis ⭐Lisa G ⭐Kenyon J E ⭐SJGautier ⭐Fauntleroy ⭐Amy H ⭐XanthorXIII ⭐Bree B ⭐Mentlel ⭐Chad H ⭐Emily M ⭐Scott H ⭐Jenny E ⭐Roger G ⭐David A C ⭐Selene G ⭐Alex W ⭐Anna K ⭐Subscribe Soundcloud 2 ⭐Dan S ⭐Kat ⭐Wesley J ⭐Budi W ⭐Lameeka Y ⭐Jade_of_Arc ⭐Rowan S ⭐Eric A ⭐Lyra H ⭐Master of None ⭐Joel A G ⭐Robert M ⭐Baily M ⭐Erin M ⭐Andrew T ⭐Bart K ⭐Peter F ⭐NM ⭐Peter S ⭐EdwardH ⭐Theo S ⭐Sara E ⭐Nathan F ⭐Jeremy H ⭐Patrick S ⭐Larry M ⭐Hillary Creech ⭐Lily T ⭐Rachel E ⭐SixStringedThing ⭐Debbie K ⭐Sara E ⭐Liam T ⭐Tracy A ⭐Erika I ⭐Rychotech ▶ A B O U T Hey, I'm Sam! Child of the 80s turned Parent, Traveler, & Bumbling/Stumbling Nostalgic, Sentimental Creator. With a background in Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Industrial Robotics and a passion for Workplace Safety... half the time I know about 50% what I'm doing! ▶ C O N T A C T M E For Collab, Business and Other Professional Inquiries: brickimmortar@gmail.com #Maritime #OilDrilling #YourSafetyMatters