1723 Norfolk Isles dispute

In 1723 AN the ruins of the island city of Tymaria, the equatorial capital of a fleeting global empire, were occupied by forces from Çakaristan following the claimed shipwreck of a Çakari flagged merchantman offshore from the island. On the basis of this occupation a claim was subsequently registered with the Micras Cartography Society.

Floria, deeming Tymaria to fall within its own territorial waters since the annexation of Port Balaine in 1706 AN, protested the claim and tasked the Norfolk Isles Squadron of the Florian Navy with investigating the scene of the reported shipwrecking incident.

Timeline

• 7.VI.1723 AN: the Çakari flagged merchantman or transport ship "Voltarno" departed from Manbai to Hana'apui, capital of the Taka'atui. Reported wrecked in a storm whilst traversing the North Raynor Sea. 13 fatalities claimed. Çakari sources assert that the survivors, upon putting ashore on the island, wherein the ruins of Tymaria City are to be found, conducted a flag raising ceremony.
• 13–24.VI.1723 AN: the marooned survivors appear to have been reinforced by Çakari construction crews, involved in the construction of a settlement and landing strip.
• 11.VII.1723 AN: a frigate from the Norfolk Isles Squadron of the Florian Navy took up station offshore from the island in order to uphold the rights of the Confederated States under the Convention on the Laws of the Seas.
• 17.VII.1723 AN: Floria's ambassador to Çakaristan was summoned because of the allegations made by the Florian government in regards to the claimed Convention on the Laws of the Seas.
• 18.VII.1723 AN: The General Secretary of the Micras Treaty Organisation expressed a hope that the dispute might be resolved through calm and respectful dialogue between the parties involved.