CND Melerovic disaster

The CND Melerovic was a Custardian Navy surveyor ship which sank off the coast of Medol Island in 1998 killing all 100 crew. The wreckage lies at 4000 feet deep.

Timeline
The ship departed from port at 4:00 am to go to the Oland Strait despite being advised not to due to because Tropical Storm Adams was in the area. Melerovic entered the storm at 5:00 am and strong waves up to 10 metres were reported by the ship’s first officer on radio. At around 5:10 the storm became a hurricane and great waves of up to 20 metres battered the Melerovic. A wave hit and blew off several panels exposing parts of the Starboard side hull (at the stern.) Water flooded into the first watertight compartment which the Melerovic was designed to withstand but capsules on the deck to the second were open and water came in to the other compartment.. The stern pulled down at a angle where no lifeboats could be deployed. The Melerovic‘s last radio transmission was said at 5:13 “We have huge breaches, water all- Oh my god!”. The ship sank just seconds later and all 100 onboard drowned. A memorial was made on Medol.