Est
Name | Est |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 1,426 tons |
Country | Russian |
Built | 1912
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Builder | Stettiner Oderwerke, Stettin
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Operator | Imperial Russian Navy requisition
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History | or Esstyi
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Est
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 16 Oct 1917 | UC 60 (Waldemar von Fischer) | Sunk | off Ekenäs. Wreck at 59°52,534 N, 23°51,947 E (WGS84)
| 59° 53'N, 23° 52'E
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| Salved in 1918 and towed to Germany but found to be not worth repairing. In 2009 received an information from Erik Saanila, a local researcher that she is still on the seabed near Ekenäs at a depth of 32 meters. Confirmed by finnish diver Jukka Sulku (2013)
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Position of attack on Est
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