According to historic documents, strong east winds, actually very rare in Finland, caught both vessels. While the other ship managed to get to Tallinn, the Hanneke Wrome drowned in the storm with more than 200 passengers and crew. It was one of the major maritime disasters of its time. Photos: Diving Into a Mediterranean Shipwreck [Rauno Koivusaari]
![According to historic documents, strong east winds, actually very rare in Finland, caught both vessels. While the other ship managed to get to Tallinn, the Hanneke Wrome drowned in the storm with more than 200 passengers and crew. It was one of the major maritime disasters of its time. Photos: Diving Into a Mediterranean Shipwreck [Rauno Koivusaari]](http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/2-shipwreck-gold-estonia.jpg)
1 posted on
05/09/2015 6:42:39 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
The second paragraph starts out, “Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.”
6 posted on
05/09/2015 7:37:14 PM PDT by
bgill
(CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: SunkenCiv
Gordon Lightfoot’s ancester sang a song called ‘The Wreck of the Henneke Wrome.’
7 posted on
05/09/2015 9:16:27 PM PDT by
ExCTCitizen
(I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
To: SunkenCiv
So since the Finnish gooberment claims they own the wreck then the gooberment must be paying all of the costs, right? Right? Anyone? Buehler?
10 posted on
05/09/2015 11:35:40 PM PDT by
Rockpile
To: SunkenCiv
They need to finnish the recovery.
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