The Swedish defence forces transported more military equipment on the MS Estonia – the cruise ferry that sank en route from Tallinn to Stockholm on 28 September 1994 with the loss of 852 lives – than has been made public to date, Sweden's Aftonbladet newspaper reported, according to BNS.
The MS Estonia ferry sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994, en route from Tallinn, Estonia to Stockholm, Sweden, killing 852 people in one of the 20th century s worst maritime disasters.
It was the second deadliest peacetime sinking of a European ship since Titanic
Treaty declared site a marine grave and prohibited any exploration of the wreck
Swedish filmmaker Henrik Evertsson, 33, says he used drone to film wreckage of the MS Estonia when his crew discovered a gaping hole in the hull of the ferry
Film reveals official Swedish report admitted ferry was used by Swedish forces to smuggle Russian military technology out of Tallinn weeks before it sank
The MS Estonia was some five hours into its overnight voyage from Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, to Stockholm in Sweden when its captain, Arvo Andresson, noticed the first indications of trouble.
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