Wikipedia: Estonia

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The Estonia was a passenger ship. In September 28 1994 it sank during a storm in the [Baltic sea]?, killing 852 passengers and crew. The investigation of the accident came to the conclusion that a combination of bad seamanship, technical deficiencies and foul weather caused the disaster.

The shipwreck caused a collective trauma within Swedish society, the repercussions reaching at least to 2001, as speculation and diving at the wreck continues.

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Numerous conspiracy theories have been spawned around the sinking of the Estonia.

See also: Estonia ship

The Republic of Estonia is a country in Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Russia.

Official name: Republic of Estonia (Eesti Vabariik)

        Capital: Tallinn? 
        Official language: Estonian
        Area: 45 227 km² 
        Population: 1 445 580 (1999 est.)
        Currency: Eesti Kroon (EEK).  1 kroon = 100 sent. Pegged to the German Mark at rate 1 DEM = 8 EEK

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From the CIA World Factbook 2000. Not Wikified.