Newfoundland and Labrador was shaken to the core this week in 1982 when the Ocean Ranger oil rig—a semi submersible platform drilling for oil—sank beneath the waves in the merciless Atlantic Ocean.

The rig began listing on Valentine’s night, a Sunday, and sank in the early-morning hours that night. The Ocean Ranger, nicknamed by some who worked on it the “Ocean Danger,” claimed all 84 people aboard. Some got into a liferaft and were sighted by a service vessel but their lifeboat capsized before they could be rescued.

The incident prompted an inquiry led by the late Justice T. Alec Hickman which recommended that search and rescue be based in St. John’s, closer to the offshore oil fields. Decades later, that recommendation has yet to be acted upon by the federal government.

The inquiry also found a host of deficiencies with the operation of the rig, which was owned by an American company, ODECO, and leased by Mobil Oil.

A memorial service was scheduled to take place tomorrow at the Basilica in St. John’s, but has been rescheduled to Monday at 1 p.m. due to weather.