Vlokozu Collision Incident

The Vlokozu Collision Incident was an event when the United States Cruise Liner the SS Torrance ended up colliding with the Vlokozu Union destroyer: The VUS Cranic.

Before the Event
On May 2nd, 1978, the Francisco Lines ship the SS Torrance (the famous sister ship to the SS Duchess) departed Bodega, California to circle the area around the Farallon Islands for a short two-day excursion cruise all captained by Captain Gregory Mat. One day earlier the VUS Cranic naval destroyer departed the Vlokozu Union to patrol also the Farallon Islands.

The Collision
At 7:06 AM on the third of May of 1978, The VUS Cranic realized curtesy of the radar onboard that they were on direct collision course with another vessel the SS Torrance, By the time the VUS Cranic identified the situation it was too late as the VUS Cranic trying to avoid collision rams into the Torrance's lower hull, At 7:08 AM Captain Mat of the Torrance orders SOS signals to be sent to nearby vessels as he orders to begin emergency procedures and everyone head to the upper decks, By 7:11 the first ship arrives named the Micah which was part of the United States Coast Guard and begins sending out helicopters to the Torrance and the Cranic to assist passengers and crew. By 7:20 AM everyone from both ships had been evacuated however the SS Torrance due to the heavy damage sustained the vessel would capsize into the Pacific Ocean.

Legacy
After the collision United States and Vlokozu Politicians argued who was to blame for the whole affair, The VUS Cranic surviving the whole ordeal would serve for a while longer until 1989 when it was renamed the EKS Cranic then in 1993 the ship was retired and was given to the El Kadsre Maritime Museum where it remains to this very day.