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.

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▶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...

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