Sinking of MV Toboshi

Sinking of MV Toboshi
Part of the Fall of Adolfosburg during the Creeperian Civil War
MV Toboshi pictured in c. 1941.
Location	Bay of Adolfosburg, approximately 44 miles southeast of Denshire
Coordinates	47°08′27″S 44°39′93″W
Date	20 September 1949 (1949-09-20) 12:36 – 1:21 a.m. ATL
Target	MV Toboshi
Attack type	Maritime disaster (struck by a torpedo)
Deaths	10,000+
Injured	16 (later executed)
Perpetrators	Imperial Council Navy
Assailants	Crew of BIC DA 36
Motive	Anti-atheist sentiment Anti-communist sentiment Revenge for the De-Catholization

The sinking of MV Toboshi, also known as the Toboshi massacre, occurred on 20 September 1949 when the Creeperian submarine BIC DA 36 struck the Ajaki cargo ship MV Toboshi with a torpedo. Toboshi was carrying over 10,000 Creeperian refugees, most of whom were ex-combatants of the National Council for Peace and Order and civilians from the city of Adolfosburg, when it was struck by the torpedo.

The sinking killed all but eighteen of those onboard; nearby naval vessels of the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council did not assist the survivors and even fired upon some survivors, killing many in the process, but only rescued sixteen random individuals to represent the sixteen years of civil war the country endured. All eighteen survivors were later interviewed of the events which occurred during the sinking and subsequently executed by the Imperial Council for treason. Among those killed included Miguelist Emperor Marcos I, who was attempting to flee the country for safety in Ajakanistan.

Many historians outside of Creeperopolis consider the sinking of the ship to constitute a war crime, and some have considered the incident to also be a massacre. Meanwhile, in Creeperopolis, the sinking has been praised by the government as a "heroic achievement against Miguelism", and the crew of the submarine were all awarded the grand cross grade of the Imperial Order of Romerism by Emperor Romero II.

Background

Imperial Council offensive on Adolfosburg

Main article: Adolfosburg Campaign

Mass displacement of civilians and refugees

Children of National Council soldiers in Adolfosburg, August 1949,

Intelligence of evacuation operations

Chief Admiral Leónidas Trujillo Molina requested the DINA to investigate potential evacuations from Adolfosburg.

Operation Campos

Admiral Fyodor Borman in 1947.

Vessels involved

MV Toboshi

Main article: MV Toboshi

MV Toboshi was an Ajaki hospital ship which was built in Toboshi, Tobosk, Ajakanistan between 1936 and 1939, and was the first of the Toboshi-class hospital ships built, with the second being MV Saint Georgiy. The ship was owned and operated by the Ajaki Navy and was used to transport wounded soldiers away from conflict zones for medical treatment.

• Captain Fédor Andreivich Vasiliev (Федор Андреевич Васильев), born (1908-05-28)28 May 1908 (aged 41)
• Chief Officer Vladimir Vladimirivich Zhukov (Владимир Владимирович Жуков), born (1910-07-02)2 July 1910 (aged 39)
• First Officer Alyosha Volfovich Belov (Алеша Вольфович Белов), born (1911-08-30)30 August 1911 (aged 38)
• Second Officer Tikhon Aleksandrovich Ivanov (Тихон Александрович Иванов), born (1914-02-22)22 February 1914 (aged 35)
• Third Officer Yaroslav Gennadievich Nikitin (Ярослав Геннадьевич Никитин), born (1916-08-16)16 August 1916 (aged 33)
• Fourth Officer Dmitri Peprov Vladimirivich (Дмитрий Пепров Владимирович), born (1917-06-12)12 June 1917 (aged 32)
• Fifth Officer Stefan Afanasievich Kuzmin (Стефан Афанасьевич Кузьмин), born (1919-04-25)25 April 1919 (aged 30)
• Sixth Officer Avandeyev Nikitovich Stanoslav (Авандеев Никитович Станослав), born (1921-08-29)29 August 1921 (aged 28)

BIC DA 36

Main article: BIC DA 36

The BIC DA 36 pictured in 1944.

Aftermath

Treatment of the sixteen survivors

After the sinking, BIC DA 36 only rescued sixteen people from the debris field. The crew selected only sixteen people to symbolize the sixteen years of civil war the country had endured up to that point, and how they were responsible for the civil war. The sixteen survivors were:

Name	Birth date and age	Nationality	Occupation
Afonso Cosme Bellón e Vigo	1 June 1910 (aged 39)	Atlántida	Salesman
Semyon Emirvich Bukhayiev	5 August 1900 (aged 49)	Ajakanistan	Lawyer
Koyasumaq Chuquipoma Ccahua	1917/1918 (aged 31)	Senvar	National Council mercenary
Claudia Julia Dávalos y Umaña	22 August 1927 (aged 22)	Creeperopolis	Shoemaker
Ramiro Álvaro Díaz y Huerta	31 May 1930 (aged 19)	Creeperopolis	National Council soldier
María Anastasia Enríquez y Sol de Pérez	19 January 1910 (aged 39)	Creeperopolis	Baker
Rogelio Vidal Gaitán y Gómez	16 February 1926 (aged 23)	Creeperopolis	National Council soldier
José Mauricio Herrea y Fernández	1919/1920 (aged 29)	Creeperopolis	National Council soldier
Isaïes Amadeu Masolivé i Bertra	July 1917 (aged 33)	Granada	National Council mercenary
Kusiyaya Huaman Paucar	1917 (aged 32)	Senvar	National Council mercenary
Carlos Farabundo Quijada y Hernández	1917 (aged 32)	Creeperopolis	National Council soldier
Filipp Burbanivich Timoshenko	13 June 1878 (aged 71)	Ajakanistan	Politician
Enric Flaviér Uéi e Mórt	7 September 1910 (aged 39)	Castilliano	Steelworker
Fyodor Fyodorich Vass	11 September 1922 (aged 27)	Ajakanistan	National Council mercenary
Pavel Ivanovich Vasser	24 December 1896 (aged 52)	Ajakanistan	Engineer
Leonora Angelina Zacatecas y Macías	11 November 1919 (aged 29)	Creeperopolis	School teacher

Conclusion of the Adolfosburg Campaign

Further information: Fall of Adolfosburg

Imperial Council commanders José Fernández Suárez (left) and Arturo Rawson Perón (right) after the fall of Adolfosburg.

See also

• Sinking of The Lady Kieva, a similar intentional sinking of a ship carrying refugees