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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 ...
- 28 September 1994; 29 years ago
- Baltic Sea
- 1 hour
- 00:50–01:50 (UTC+2)
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 ...
Jul 25, 2023 · The MS Estonia sinking was the largest maritime disaster during peacetime and involving a European vessel, after the Titanic disaster of 1912. Ten key facts about the MS Estonia - Laid down in 1980 at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany. - The vessel's previous names were: The Viking Sally (1980-1990), the Silja Star (1990-1991) and the Wasa King.
Sep 29, 2020 · Estonia, Sweden and Finland will examine new evidence that may shed light on the cause of one of Europe's worst peacetime shipping disasters. The MS Estonia ferry sank as it was crossing from ...
Jul 25, 2023 · The 12-tonne loading ramp was retrieved from the seabed after hours of dredging work by a dive robots. A loading ramp from the MS Estonia which sank in 1994 has been recovered from the seabed and ...
Jul 15, 2021 · The MS Estonia sank in the small hours of September 28, 1994, while en route from Tallinn to Stockholm. The sinking is the largest maritime disaster in peacetime in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people from 17 countries, and second-largest peacetime maritime disaster ever, so far as European vessels go, after the Titanic.
Apr 19, 2024 · October 8, 2020 - Evidence collected by two documentary filmmakers is challenging the official explanation of how 852 people died in the 1994 sinking of the MS Estonia ferry in the Baltic Sea, one of Europe’s deadliest peacetime maritime disasters. View More.
