SS Tetelestai 1917 (Destructible)
TRANS-ATLANTIC CARGO SHIP "TETELESTAI"
Welcome my first destructible ship!
The SS Tetelestai!
Whilst she's nothing special, the Tetelestai is a simple yet comfortable little cargo ship and she is certainly capable... As long as she's maintained well... (Sorry for the short description. There's not much to say about her as she's a simple cargo vessel)
FICTIONAL LORE
Built in 1917 by Ashley & Co., the Tetelestai was just another cargo ship of S.P.R. She was simple and comfortable for her crew of 22 as well as being a one off design. Though she was a one off, she was built like a normal cargo ship she wasn't much of a sensation compared to S.P.R.s much more glorious passenger liners of the time.
When 1925 rolled around, the Tetelestai was not in the best condition. Almost every scheduled repair had to be put off or was sub par for unknown reasons. A full overhaul was scheduled for December 1925 but for now, the Tetelestai would sail on as she was until then. So, on May 17th, 1925, the Tetelestai left Nassau Florida bound for Liverpool with a cargo of wheat and beans on what should've been a regular crossing. However, in the very early morning of May 18th, a fierce storm was pounding the ship, wave after wave... At 2:18 AM, there was a sudden loud bang followed by the groaning of steel. As 1st Officer Carl Parts ran out onto the starboard bridge wing his face went ghost white. Looking out at the bow he saw it sagging and then jolt up, ripping the last of the beams securing it to the rest of the ship. The Tetelestai had broken in 2. Down in the wireless cabin, the operator on duty at the time, Ron Esocks, fell from his chair and hit his head on the bottom steel bed which knocked him cold as the ship ripped itself apart. The other Operator, Don Maurice, instantly jumped up from the top bunk and opened the window looking forward. Realizing the ship was in 2 he jumped on the wireless set setting his distance as far as it would go before frantically tapping out a message, silently praying someone would hear it. "SOS SOS SOS DGG DGG DGG SS TETELESTAI WE ARE 1 DAY OUT FROM NASSAU FLORIDA AND ARE BREAKING UP REPEAT WE ARE SINKING WE ARE BREAKING UP" Don didn't have an exact idea where they were and there was no time to find out. He repeated the message 1 more time before picking up Ron and throwing him over his shoulders before running as fast as he could out of the wireless cabin and up to the top deck where some of the other crew were beginning to swing out the lifeboats. Up on the bridge, 25-year-old helmsman Angus Brock, ran from his wheel, up to the front of the bridge and blew the ship's whistle in 5 short blasts which at the time, was the universal signal to abandon ship. It was clear to everyone as soon as the bow broke off that the ship would founder. At 2:19 just 1 minute after the ship broke up, the aft part of the ship began to plunge. The lifeboats were cut free and fell down into the water as the crew jumped for their lives onto the boats. Captain Jon Cox as well as both engineers and both stokers never made it out of the ship. At 2:20, the ship's single boiler exploded. Blowing off the smokestack and likely killing Jon, Engineers Ben Travis and Louis Kildee as well as both Stoker's Aaron Axel and Carl Johnson. After that, the stern portion of the ship foundered almost instantly forming a small but ultimately, deadly wave. The tiny wave capsized lifeboat No. 2 which had the Lookout, the 2nd Officer, and the boatswain. The boatswain was the only one who was pulled aboard lifeboat No. 1. Lookout Charles Markus and 2nd Officer Alvin Oxx were never seen again. None of the people in the bow portion of the ship made it out either. Both cooks, Orvin Franks and Linda Cox (Wife of Captain Jon Cox) as well as 3 of the 4 seamen, Richard Tikes, Mark Sawburg, and Todd Watkins, and 1 of the Oilers, Jackie Mason were lost. That left 1st Officer, Carl Parts, 3rd Officer Arnold Lockland, Oiler, Joseph Carck, Seaman, George Roy, Helmsman Angus Brock, Boatswain Henry Hart, Carpenter Paul Willis, and Radio Operators Ron Esocks and Don Maurice adrift in Lifeboat No. 1. At 2:20 the bow portion slipped under with its occupants still inside and the 9 men were alone for 2 days adrift in the ocean. Whilst at least 3 ships, 2 cargo ships, and 1 ocean liner, heard the Tetelestai's frantic SOS. With no position only a "1 Day out of Nassau Florida," There wasn't much to go on. The storm didn't subside until May 20th anyways so the lifeboat could've drifted anywhere for over a day. Thankfully, the boat didn't drift too far and a trawler from Britain which was involved in a search for the ship, discovered the survivors on the 21st of May, 1917.
An Inquiry held after the wreck came to the conclusion that the wreck was caused by poor maintenance as the repair logs surfaced. Revealing to the world that the ship had been put on the back burner multiple times to focus repairs more on S.P.R.'s passenger liners plus, delayed repairs, and many faults with the ships construction and steel quality.
The wreck of the SS Tetelestai has never been found
HOW TO MOVE
The throttle levers on the bridge wings labeled "Telegraph" are the ones that move the ship since there is no boiler room or engine room.
HOW TO SINK
There is a lockable button in the Captain & 1st Officer's Room.
MISC
This ship was based loosely on 2 ships.
SS Augsburg 1896 & SS Buninyong 1883
CREW OF "SS TETELESTAI" WHEN SUNK
Captain : John Cox (Deceased)
1st Officer : Carl Parts (Survived)
2nd Officer : Alvin Oxxe (Deceased)
3rd Officer : Arnold Lockland (Survived)
Lookout : Charles Markus (Deceased)
Helmsman : Angus Brock (Survived)
Radio Operator : Ronnie "Ron" Esocks (Survived)
Radio Operator : Donald "Don" Maurice (Survived)
Engineer : Ben Travis (Deceased)
Engineer : Louis Kildee (Deceased)
Stoker : Aaron Axel (Deceased)
Stoker : Carl Johnson (Deceased)
Oiler : Jackie Mason (Deceased)
Oiler : Joseph Carck (Survived)
Boatswain : Henry Hart (Survived)
Carpenter : Paul Willis (Survived)
Cook : Orville Franks (Deceased)
Cook : Linda Cox (Deceased)
Seaman : Richard Tikes (Deceased)
Seaman : George Roy (Survived)
Seaman : Todd Watkins (Deceased)
Seaman : Mark Sawburg (Deceased)
THANK YOU TO RSU (RANDOM STUFF UPLOADED) FOR LETTING ME KNOW HOW TO USE BLUE TEXT :D
