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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.
May 1, 2004 · The ship was the pride of the newly independent Estonian nation, recently arisen from the Soviet ruins. It was a massive steel vessel, 510 feet long and nine decks high, with accommodations for...
Sep 29, 2020 · The MS Estonia ferry sank as it was crossing from Tallinn to Stockholm in September 1994, killing 852 people. A 1997 investigation found that the ship's bow door locks had failed in a...
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. The wreck now lies...
Mar 3, 2010 · 1994. Passenger ferry, Estonia, sinks, killing 852. On September 28, 1994, 852 people die in one of the worst maritime disasters of the century when the Estonia, a large car-and-passenger...
Jan 23, 2023 · News. ERR News. 23.01.2023 00:32. Representatives of safety investigation authorities in Estonia, Finland and Sweden will present the results of the interim report of the reopened MS Estonia shipwreck investigation at 11 a.m. on Monday. ERR News carries the press conference in English live. Agenda.
Nov 16, 2021 · In one of Europe’s deadliest peacetime maritime disasters, the MS Estonia, en route from Estonia’s capital, Tallinn, to Stockholm in Sweden, sank in heavy seas on 28 September 1994, killing ...
