The sinking of Greyrock occurred in 1913. The cause of sinking is a rock. The sinking killed 13 people within 7-6 minutes by drowning or freezing and the other 12 people survived. There was 25 passengers and crew aboard the ship.
Background
Greyrock was built by RoEuro Ship Industries in 1902, now Robloxian European Ship Building Industries. It was build with a max capacity of 30 people, and hold more than 10 lbs of cargo. It has 7 lifeboats, 4 are in davits and 3 are collapsibles, note that collapsibles are different from their davit counterparts as they hold less people and have their own colors. It was build in Liverpool on 1900's and went to service by 1910. Before sinking, it went on 5 journeys.
History
The Distress of Ro-Titanic, April 1912
Greyrock was on its 3rd journey on April 1912 when it suddenly received a distress call from the Ro-Titanic. Although it was only 16 miles away, by the time it reached there the ship already sunk and no survivors were found. It went to continue on its journey.
The Cherbourg Incident, December 1912
As Greyrock was on its 4th journey two tankers collided and a explosion occurred, since Greyrock was near it a fire began on the Bow and continued until it reached the cargo hold where the fire was put out. However, it caused the ship to sink a little.
Its Demise Met, 1913
Greyrock was on its 6th journey from Port Korsakov, as it was going away from Port Korsakov however, it collided with a rock, rupturing the keel and pouring water to the cargo hold, all water-tight doors managed to close but water continued to pour in, the crew realized the ship was going to sink. The ship sank faster as the bow sinks and the bow tower falls. All lifeboats managed to deploy; the funnel fell before the entire ship fell to the waters. Only 12 make it out alive, Ships were sent to pick the lifeboats although Collapsible lifeboat C managed to reach Port Korsakov again. Out of the 25 people, only 12 survived with 13 dead.
