In the early hours of February 15, 1982, tragedy struck the Ocean Ranger oil rig when it capsized and sank in a severe weather storm 170 nautical miles east of St. John's, Newfoundland. All of the eighty-four crewmen perished, including fifty-six men from the province. This was Canada's greatest maritime disaster since World War II. Rig is a powerful story filled with first-person accounts and previously unpublished photographs. source
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- AboutSt. John's Harbour (Harbourside Park)↗
Oral history of the Ocean Ranger sinking 170 nautical miles east of St. John's; harbour pin used as the city-side anchor of the disaster's memory.
Breakwater Books product page for Rig. — source
