Anniversary of Baltic Sea ferry wreck that killed 852 marked

The sinking of a Baltic Sea ferry that killed 852 individuals has been noticed 25 years after one in every of Europe’s deadliest maritime disasters.

The MS Estonia was broken by excessive waves and sank whereas touring from Estonia’s capital to Stockholm early on Sept. 28, 1994. The wreck had 137 survivors.

Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid marked Saturday’s anniversary by laying a wreath at a memorial in Tallinn for the victims. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and Crown Princess Victoria led the same commemoration in Stockholm.

Together with the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, the MS Estonia wreck is among the many worst peacetime disasters involving a European ship.

The our bodies of most victims stay entombed on the ferry, which rests on the seabed some 80 meters (264 toes) beneath the ocean’s floor.