Wreck of MS Estonia
Shipwreck site
- Position
- 59.382° N, 21.682° E
- Sank
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- Cause
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- Depth
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No protection is recorded for this wreck in the sources we hold. Position for reference only; not for navigation.
MS Estonia was a car-passenger ferry built in 1980 for the Finnish shipping company Rederi Ab Sally by Meyer Werft, in Papenburg, West Germany. She was deployed on ferry routes between Finland and Sweden by various companies (first Viking Line, then EffJohn) until the end of January 1993, when she was sold to Nordström & Thulin for use on Estline's Tallinn–Stockholm route. The ship's sinking on 28 September 1994, in the Baltic Sea between Sweden, Finland and Estonia, was one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters of the 20th century, claiming 852 lives. An official inquiry found that failure of the locks on the bow visor allowed water to flood the car deck and quickly capsize the ship. The report also noted a lack of crew action. A 2023 investigation noted additional construction flaws in the bow visor.
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MS Estonia is a recorded shipwreck site at 59.382° N, 21.682° E. Voydar shows wreck locations alongside live ship traffic, free, from Wikidata and public hydrographic records.
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