History of 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.

	Revision 18 . . December 19, 2001 6:06 am by Taw [splitted Estonia ship out]
	Revision 17 . . (edit) December 19, 2001 5:59 am by Taw [relink]
	Revision 16 . . December 19, 2001 5:44 am by Anders Torlind [See an error, fix an error. Don't bitch about it.]
	Revision 15 . . December 18, 2001 8:38 pm by (logged).183.211.xxx *[it hasn't been 10 years since 1994 yet]**
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