Sinking of MV Toboshi

Sinking of the MV Toboshi
Part of the Fall of Adolfosburg during the Creeperian Civil War
The 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	18 (later executed)
Perpetrators	Imperial Council Navy
Assailants	Crew of the BIC DA 36
Motive	Anti-atheist sentiment Anti-communist sentiment Revenge for the De-Catholization

The sinking of the 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. The 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 eighteen random individuals to represent the eighteen 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.

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.

Vessels involved

MV Toboshi and planned route

Main article: MV Toboshi

BIC DA 36 and mission

Main article: BIC DA 36

The BIC DA-36 pictured in 1944.

Aftermath

Treatment of the eighteen survivors

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

Name	Birth date and age	Nationality	Occupation
José Mauricio Herrea y Fernández	1919/1920 (aged 29)	Creeperopolis	National Council soldier
		Creeperopolis
		Creeperopolis
Afonso Cosme Bellón e Vigo	1 June 1910 (aged 39)	Atlántida	Salesman
		Creeperopolis
		Creeperopolis
		Creeperopolis
		Creeperopolis
		Creeperopolis
		Creeperopolis
Enric Flaviér Uéi e Mórt	7 September 1910 (aged 39)	Castilliano	Steelworker
Isaïes Amadeu Masolivé i Bertra	July 1917 (aged 33)	Granada	Granadian mercenary for the National Council
		Creeperopolis
		Creeperopolis
		Creeperopolis
Sören Gustav Wachter	1917 (aged 32)	Senvar	Senvarian mercenary for the National Council
Matthias Niklas Feyerabend	1917/1918 (aged 31)	Senvar	Senvarian mercenary for the National Council
		Creeperopolis

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