M/S Estonia

Happy Times · 08-30-07, 12:25 PM

I found this on youtube.

Chilling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Estonia

08-30-07, 12:34 PM

Cant belive it was that long ago. I lost friends on Estonia...

Remember all the controversy about it, how they wanted to pour concrete all over the wreckage?

antikristuseke · 08-30-07, 04:11 PM

I was on the Estonia three months before it sank, to this day it is the most magnificent vessel i have been on. aparently i havent been on many. Lost some relatives on that ship aswell as a good friend.

08-31-07, 09:53 AM

isnt it bloody hillarious how everyone keeps giving me sh1t in every thread i post, but no one calls me hate monger or liar in thise one?

August · 08-31-07, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Swede

isnt it bloody hillarious how everyone keeps giving me sh1t in every thread i post, but no one calls me hate monger or liar in thise one?

Well you are but threads tend to be topical and so far your fascist beliefs haven't become an issue in this one.

Kapitan · 09-01-07, 02:47 AM

Now thats why we call them RO RO RO ferries

Roll On, Roll Off, Roll Over.

Dowly · 08-31-07, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Times

I found this on youtube.

Chilling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Estonia

Yeh, I heard that when they broadcasted in on telly back then. I still have the image of half naked bodies lifted from the upside down liferaft stuck in my head. Terrible..

Jimbuna · 08-31-07, 11:23 AM

A terrible tragedy...and some really chilling memories as I recall at the time

Kapitan · 08-31-07, 03:15 PM

i wasnt too young but wasnt old i can only remember my stepdad watching the news all the time for updates and everything but he wont talk about it, all i know is he knew a crew man onboard the ship but he just wont talk about it.

joea · 08-31-07, 05:15 PM

Awful I wasn't in Europe at the time but followed the story with interest and great sadness. I recall asking myself if there wasn't something wrong with the whole ferry concept as they seemed to be the passenger ships with the most accidents (still a lot safer than cars though). There was the Herald of Free Enterprise in 1987 that I recall as well.

08-30-07, 12:25 PM	#1
Happy Times Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 2,950 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	M/S Estonia I found this on youtube. Chilling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Estonia __________________

09-01-07, 02:47 AM	#6
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	Now thats why we call them RO RO RO ferries Roll On, Roll Off, Roll Over. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

08-31-07, 11:23 AM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,446 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A terrible tragedy...and some really chilling memories as I recall at the time __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-31-07, 03:15 PM	#9
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	i wasnt too young but wasnt old i can only remember my stepdad watching the news all the time for updates and everything but he wont talk about it, all i know is he knew a crew man onboard the ship but he just wont talk about it. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

08-30-07, 12:34 PM	#2
Swede Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Cant belive it was that long ago. I lost friends on Estonia... Remember all the controversy about it, how they wanted to pour concrete all over the wreckage?

08-30-07, 04:11 PM	#3
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I was on the Estonia three months before it sank, to this day it is the most magnificent vessel i have been on. aparently i havent been on many. Lost some relatives on that ship aswell as a good friend.

08-31-07, 09:53 AM	#4
Swede Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	isnt it bloody hillarious how everyone keeps giving me sh1t in every thread i post, but no one calls me hate monger or liar in thise one?

08-31-07, 05:15 PM	#10
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Awful I wasn't in Europe at the time but followed the story with interest and great sadness. I recall asking myself if there wasn't something wrong with the whole ferry concept as they seemed to be the passenger ships with the most accidents (still a lot safer than cars though). There was the Herald of Free Enterprise in 1987 that I recall as well.