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Coordinates: 59°23′N 21°41′E. 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.
- 28 September 1994; 29 years ago
- Baltic Sea
- 1 hour
- 00:50–01:50 (UTC+2)
Estonia sank on Wednesday, 28 September 1994, between about 00:50 and 01:50 as the ship was crossing the Baltic Sea, en route from Tallinn, Estonia, to Stockholm, Sweden. The official report concluded that the bow door had separated from the vessel, pulling the ramp ajar.
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...
Jul 25, 2023 · 25 July 2023. By Paul Kirby,BBC News. Magnus Lejhall/TT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock. The 12-tonne loading ramp was retrieved from the seabed after hours of dredging work by a dive robots. A loading...
4 days ago · 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. infographic
Mar 9, 2023 · Mystery at the Bottom of the Baltic Sea: Searching for Answers to Explain the 1994 Sinking of the MS. Estonia. Beneath the crashing, cold waves of the Baltic Sea lies a shipwreck shrouded in mystery and controversy for more than 25 years. On the evening of September 27, 1994, the cruise ferry MS Estonia left port in Tallinn, the capital of ...
