M/S Estonia | 25 years

It's been 25 years since the M/S Estonia disaster. In total 852 people lost their lives. She sank in 1994 in the Baltic Sea in one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century.The first sign of trouble aboard Estonia was when a metallic bang was heard, caused by a heavy wave hitting the bow doors around 01:00, when the ship was on the outskirts of the Turku archipelago, but an inspection—limited to checking the indicator lights for the ramp and visor—showed no problems. Over the next 10 minutes, similar noises were reported by passengers and other crew. At about 01:15, the visor in the ship's bow door opened, and the ship immediately took on a heavy starboard list as water flooded into the vehicle deck. Estonia was turned to portside and slowed before her four engines cut out completely. First ship to arrive to help M/S Estonia was M/S Mariella, and later - M/S Silja Europa. At around 3 AM helicopters arrived and 137 people could be saved.

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