Estonia disaster
The MS Estonia was a passenger ferry built in 1979 in Germany owned by Swedish-Estonian ship company Nordström & Thulin which sank on 28 September 1994 on route from Tallinn, Estonia to Stockholm, Sweden carrying 989 people, including passengers and crew.
She was expected to arrive in Stockholm at about 09:30, but a few minutes past 01:00, in the outskirts of Turku archipelago the bow visor was torn of the ship by the pressure of the waves and water accumulated in the car deck. Soon the vessel lurched some 30-40 degrees to the right.
May-day was communicated by the ship crew and rescue helicopters arrived on the site a couple of hours later.
The Viking Line passenger ferry MS Mariella that was hurrying to the place of the accident had the last radar observation of Estonia at 02:04.
A total of 94 passengers and 43 crew members were rescued from the life boats.
The location of the hulk is: 59° 23' N 21° 42' E, about 22 nautical miles on bearing 157° from Utö island, Finland.