Sinking of the MS Estonia
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MS Estonia, a cruiseferry operated by Estline, sank on Wednesday, 28 September 1994, between about 00:50 and 01:50 CEST as the ship was crossing the Baltic Sea, en route from Tallinn, Estonia, to Stoc
One of Estonia's inflatable life rafts, filled with water
Super Puma OH-HVG of the Finnish Border Guard flying
The bow visor after recovery at the Swedish naval base on Muskö Island.
Memorial titled "Broken Line" in Tallinn, Estonia
MS Herald of Free Enterprise
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MS Herald of Free Enterprise was a roll-on/roll-off ferry which capsized moments after leaving the Belgian port of Zeebrugge on the night of 6 March 1987, killing 193 passengers and crew.
Sinking of the MS Estonia
…the car deck and causing the ship to capsize rapidly. The sinking highlighted the vulnerability of roll-on/roll-off ferries to flooding, similar to the Herald of Free Enterprise incident seven years earlier. Renewed investigations in the 2000s and 2020s examined hull damage and structural flaws, while conspiracy theories have alleged…
Herald of Free Enterprise in Dover's Eastern Docks, 1984
The ship on her side, half-submerged
MS Herald of Free Enterprise towed into the harbour at Vlissingen after salvage, May 1987
Memorial window at St Margaret's Church, St Margaret's at Cliffe, Kent