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| date = 12.XIII.1735 | |||
| place = Shire Sea | |||
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| combatant1 = {{team flag|Shireroth}} M/V Biternion | |||
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{{team flag|Shireroth}} 1141 <br> | |||
{{team flag|Hurmu}} 233 <br> | |||
{{team flag|Natopia}} 200 <br> | |||
{{team flag|Sanama}} 135 <br> | |||
{{team flag|Benacian Union}} 19 <br> | |||
{{team flag|Aemilia}} 11 <br> | |||
{{team flag|Senya}} 5 <br> | |||
{{team flag|Craitland}} 4 <br> | |||
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The '''sinking of the M/V Biternion''' occurred 12.XIII.1735 in the northern waters of [[Shire Sea]], approximately 12 nautical miles outside the [[Natopia]]n reserve zone from [[Port Nider]]. The [[Shireroth|Shirerithian]]-flagged luxury liner, owned by [[Imperial Yardistani Cruises]], a wholly-owned subsidiary of the [[Apollonian Shipping Company]], was carrying 395 members of the Congress, 3,160 retainers of the [[Fyrð]], and 1,940 crew and staff members. Most of the passengers attended the annual ''Congress of the Rics'' which was being held on the ship. Most of these attendees were also members of the [[Order of the Holy Lakes]]. | The '''sinking of the M/V Biternion''' occurred 12.XIII.1735 in the northern waters of [[Shire Sea]], approximately 12 nautical miles outside the [[Natopia]]n reserve zone from [[Port Nider]]. The [[Shireroth|Shirerithian]]-flagged luxury liner, owned by [[Imperial Yardistani Cruises]], a wholly-owned subsidiary of the [[Apollonian Shipping Company]], was carrying 395 members of the Congress, 3,160 retainers of the [[Fyrð]], and 1,940 crew and staff members. Most of the passengers attended the annual ''Congress of the Rics'' which was being held on the ship. Most of these attendees were also members of the [[Order of the Holy Lakes]]. | ||
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A Hurmudan auxiliary cruiser, sailing from [[Svetostrov|Reunion]], arrived at the scene in the final month of 1735. Internal investigations by the [[Fyrð]] into the failure of assigned retinues to prevent the Congress from embarking upon its doomed voyage would result in the removal from command of the ''Divisional Master'' of the 1st (Lyrican) Guards Division and the ''Corps' Masters'' of the Hurmudan Guard Corps and Inspectorate of the Fyrð. The sinking would prove to be the largest single loss of life for Hurmudan security forces since the [[1719–1720 Hurmu civil conflict]]. | A Hurmudan auxiliary cruiser, sailing from [[Svetostrov|Reunion]], arrived at the scene in the final month of 1735. Internal investigations by the [[Fyrð]] into the failure of assigned retinues to prevent the Congress from embarking upon its doomed voyage would result in the removal from command of the ''Divisional Master'' of the 1st (Lyrican) Guards Division and the ''Corps' Masters'' of the Hurmudan Guard Corps and Inspectorate of the Fyrð. The sinking would prove to be the largest single loss of life for Hurmudan security forces since the [[1719–1720 Hurmu civil conflict]]. | ||
With 5,735 lost aboard the Biternion, it was potentially the single worst loss of life in a single maritime incident recorded on [[Micras]]. Of the 1748 staff members that lost their lives or went missing and were not recovered, 1141 were Shirerithian citizens, | With 5,735 lost aboard the Biternion, it was potentially the single worst loss of life in a single maritime incident recorded on [[Micras]]. Of the 1748 staff members that lost their lives or went missing and were not recovered, 1141 were Shirerithian citizens, 233 were from [[Hurmu]], 200 from [[Natopia]], 135 from [[Sanama]], 19 from the [[Benacian Union]], 11 from the [[Confoederatio Aemilia]], 5 from [[Senya]], and 4 from [[Craitland]]. | ||
{{Hurmu article}} | {{Hurmu article}} | ||
{{Shirerithian article}} | {{Shirerithian article}} | ||
[[Category:Ships]][[category: Shiro-Benacian conflict]][[Category: Arboria]][[Category: Natopia]] | [[Category:Ships]][[category: Shiro-Benacian conflict]][[Category: Arboria]][[Category: Natopia]] | ||
Revision as of 10:59, 1 September 2024
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The sinking of the M/V Biternion occurred 12.XIII.1735 in the northern waters of Shire Sea, approximately 12 nautical miles outside the Natopian reserve zone from Port Nider. The Shirerithian-flagged luxury liner, owned by Imperial Yardistani Cruises, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Apollonian Shipping Company, was carrying 395 members of the Congress, 3,160 retainers of the Fyrð, and 1,940 crew and staff members. Most of the passengers attended the annual Congress of the Rics which was being held on the ship. Most of these attendees were also members of the Order of the Holy Lakes.
At 03:37 local time, the Biternion experienced a sudden impact on its starboard side. The ship began to list heavily to starboard and sank within 23 minutes of the initial impact. Only 210 people survived, most of them being crew who were awake during the impact. Notable among the passenger-survivors was Prince Ivar of Finchidia.
The recovery of survivors was coordinated by the Coast Guard of the Arboreal Guard, with the first patrol vessels arriving within a twenty kilometres radius of the Biternion by 23:45 on the same day, directed towards an oil slick and debris field identified by Arboreal civil aviation assets diverted into conducting observation flights over the area at the moment of the first distress call.
A Shirerithian investigation began immediately. Preliminary findings indicated that the ship had been hit by a torpedo, and blamed the Benacian Union for the sinking of a nonmilitary ship and, accordingly, accused the Benacian Union of a war crime.
The Commission for War, whilst not claiming responsibility for the sinking, issued a short statement asserting its absolute entitlement to engage and destroy any vessel flying the Shirerithian flag that was so incautious as to venture onto the high seas without escorts whilst not sailing in convoy.
If a U-boat of the Benacian Union had been responsible for the sinking, the BUDF would likely be quite contented with the feat. The Biternion, now sunk, was unavailable to the Imperial Navy of Shireroth to serve as a troop transport taking Jing auxiliaries across the Shire Sea from Kildare to the Guttuli. At the same time, the vessel took with it an appreciable segment of the Shirerithian nobility down into the deep, occasioning further satisfaction.
All the same, the confidence with which the Shirerithians announced their preliminary findings before the vessel had even been raised or properly examined by a diving team occasioned much mockery in the Benacian press and via Humanist media sources internationally.
A Hurmudan auxiliary cruiser, sailing from Reunion, arrived at the scene in the final month of 1735. Internal investigations by the Fyrð into the failure of assigned retinues to prevent the Congress from embarking upon its doomed voyage would result in the removal from command of the Divisional Master of the 1st (Lyrican) Guards Division and the Corps' Masters of the Hurmudan Guard Corps and Inspectorate of the Fyrð. The sinking would prove to be the largest single loss of life for Hurmudan security forces since the 1719–1720 Hurmu civil conflict.
With 5,735 lost aboard the Biternion, it was potentially the single worst loss of life in a single maritime incident recorded on Micras. Of the 1748 staff members that lost their lives or went missing and were not recovered, 1141 were Shirerithian citizens, 233 were from Hurmu, 200 from Natopia, 135 from Sanama, 19 from the Benacian Union, 11 from the Confoederatio Aemilia, 5 from Senya, and 4 from Craitland.
