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852. MS Estonia sank on Wednesday, 28 September 1994, between about 00:50 and 01:50 ( UTC+2) as the ship was crossing the Baltic Sea, en route from Tallinn, Estonia, to Stockholm, Sweden. The sinking was one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century. [1] [2] It is one of the deadliest peacetime sinkings of a European ship, after the ...
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Baltic Sea. sinking of the Estonia, disaster that occurred on September 28, 1994, when the ferry Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people. It is among the 20th century’s worst maritime disasters and the second-deadliest sinking of a European civilian vessel after that of the Titanic. On September 27, 1994, the ferry Estonia set sail ...
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Sep 29, 2020 · The ferry was sailing from Estonia to Sweden on 28 September 1994 when it sank in the Baltic Sea ... "A new technical investigation into the circumstances of Estonia's sinking must be carried out ...
Jul 25, 2023 · The sinking of the Estonia, en route from Tallinn to Stockholm, was the biggest peacetime disaster involving a European passenger ship since the Titanic went down in 1912.
May 1, 2004 · By William Langewiesche. 48 An empty lifeboat from the ferry Estonia, which sank in a storm off southwest Finland early on Wednesday, floats in the Baltic sea September 28, 1994 ( Pierre Vauthey ...
Nov 18, 2021 · The sinking of the M/S Estonia ferry 27 years ago was one of Europe's deadliest peacetime maritime disasters. It sank en route from Tallinn to Stockholm killing 852 people.
