MV Joyita

Origin
MV Joyita was a merchant vessel from which the twenty five passengers and crew mysteriously disappeared in the South Pacific in 1955. It was later discovered adrift in the South Pacific with no one abroad. The ship was in very poor condition, however with the extreme buoyancy of the ship made sinking nearly impossible. This fact puzzled investigators as to why the crew had not remained on board and waited for help. On October 3rd, 1955 the Joyita was bound for the Tokelau Islands, a two hundred and seventy mile trip. The trip was expected to take about forty eight hours however by the 6th the port reported that the ship was overdue, however there was no ship or land-based report about a distress signal from the crew. There was a massive search and rescue mission launched however there was no sign of the Joyita or any of the passengers or crew. Five weeks later a merchant ship sighted the Joyita, six hundred miles west from her scheduled course. Although still floating it was missing the life crafts, life jackets and any firearms. Items still aboard included the ship's logbook, sextant, other navigational equipment even fuel. Further investigations brought up a few possibilities however none of the ideas held water thus nothing official had been declared.

Effects
Causes confusion in passengers leading them to mutiny then convinces them to fear that their actions would have them killed, which explained the reason the rest of the passengers abandoned ship when they thought it would sink.