Estonia
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The
car and passenger ferry Estonia was built by Meyer Werft
in Papenburg, and was launched in 1980 for Estline
Maritime Ltd. Under a voyage from Talinn to Stockholm she
foundered and sank late at night outside the coast of
Estonia 28. September 1994. It is believed 852 people lost
their lives in the accident, most of them passengers. The
wreck rest today on her starboard side on a depth of 55 to
85 meter. Memorials has been been raised both in Stockholm
in Sweden and at Hiiumaa in Finland.
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( Source: Vragguiden )  Picture: Viking Sally in the 1980's Courtesy of Digitalt Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0 Last updated: August 2019 |
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