40: Ocean Ranger

The largest semi-submersible Offshore Drilling Rig of its day, sank in a storm in 1982 whilst two smaller nearby rigs survived with minimal damage. We dive into how not closing a portlight cover, triggered a series of events that cost 84 people their lives.
With John Chidgey.

This show is Podcasting 2.0 Enhanced

Report into the Incidents:

• Official Report

Links of Potential Interest:

• Ocean Ranger


• Hydrodynamic Model Studies of the Ocean Ranger Marine Disaster


• The Loss of the Ocean Ranger


• Royal Commission Called (Video)


• Ocean Ranger report blames equipment and training (Video)


• Hypothermia Table


• History of offshore drilling units


• Glossary of nautical terms


• Roustabout


• Davit


• 25 years later (Archive.org)

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Episode Gold Producers:
'r' and Chip Salzenberg.
Episode Silver Producers:
Mitch Biegler, John Whitlow, Kevin Koch, Oliver Steele, Lesley Law Chan, Hafthor, Shane O'Neill and Bill.

With thanks to
Gregory Hess
for the topic suggestion.