SS Libra

SS Libra is a Norman-class cargo ship operating for the Canadian shipping line CSN Ships. She was ordered in 1988, and launched in 1993 as Cyane.

As the Cyane, she is best known for her collision with the Yojimbo in 1993, resulting in the sinking of the latter ship.

Service history
At 645 feet, Cyane was one of the largest passenger ships operating on the North Atlantic route at the time, as well as the largest passenger ship built in Canada at the time.

Collision with Yojimbo
In the early morning of November 25, 1993, at 2:57 pm, in Hurricane Vince, Cyane and Yojimbo of the Himbian Line collided in what would become one of Minecraft's most notorious peacetime sea disasters.

Although The Cyane didn't go down the Yojimbo took heavy damage on it's starboard side, and sank in one hour, killing 1,058 people, making it one of the deadliest peacetime sea disasters in Minecraft history, as well as the deadliest in Llannjian history.

History after the collision
On March 8, 2004, the Cyane was retired from passenger service. It was converted into a Cargo ship, along with the other ships of it's class. The Cyane was renamed the SS Libra after the conversion into a Cargo ship.