MS Estonia
shipwreck
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- MS Estonia
- IMO number
- 7921033
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- shipwreck
- Gross tonnage
- 21,794
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 157 m
- Beam
- 24.2 m
- Year built
- 1980
- Builder
- Meyer Werft
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About MS Estonia
MS Estonia was a car-passenger ferry built in 1980 for the Finnish shipping company Rederi Ab Sally by Meyer Werft, in Papenburg, West Germany. She was deployed on ferry routes between Finland and Sweden by various companies (first Viking Line, then EffJohn) until the end of January 1993, when she was sold to Nordström & Thulin for use on Estline's Tallinn–Stockholm route. The ship's sinking on 28 September 1994, in the Baltic Sea between Sweden, Finland and Estonia, was one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters of the 20th century, claiming 852 lives. An official inquiry found that failure of the locks on the bow visor allowed water to flood the car deck and quickly capsize the ship. The report also noted a lack of crew action. A 2023 investigation noted additional construction flaws in the bow visor.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is MS Estonia now?
- MS Estonia has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is MS Estonia?
- MS Estonia is a shipwreck, built in 1980 by Meyer Werft. The vessel is 157 m long with a beam of 24.2 m and has a gross tonnage of 21,794.
- Has MS Estonia been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for MS Estonia appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).