After massive protests from next of kin, the in situ burial of the Estonia is aborted in the summer of 1996. The law prohibiting diving near the wreck is upheld. ibid. caption
In November 1994 it was known that the bow visor had detached. Witnesses had seen that the bow visor was gone. ibid. Jaan Metsavver, accident investigation commission
This hole is probably the main cause of the sinking of the boat. ibid.
Interviewer: Who put the explosive there?
Investigator: I don’t know. ibid.
The Accident Investigation Commission claims there is no need for further investigation. The Commission maintains that the shipwreck was adequately investigated in 1994. ibid. captions
We found the hole … That’s all we need for an investigation. ibid. divers
The Estonia was used in a smuggling operation which brought vital secrets from Russia to the West. It was a combined operation involving MI6, Estonian Intelligence and Swedish Intelligence. There were clear and specific warnings from the Russians to the West. ibid. investigator
Tallinn-Stockholm: It was a very successful route which they used for a number of years. Estonia IV: Secrets at the Bottom of the Sea, investigator
The same day the Estonia sank rumours surfaced that it was being used to smuggle military equipment. ibid. Lars Angstrom, former Swedish MP
The military clearly used a civilian passenger ferry to transport military cargo. ibid. outraged politician
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There’s no reason to believe they attempted to transport anything. ibid. Inquiry dude’s findings
It must have been organised by the most secretive Swedish military intelligence … They are scared of what the truth might reveal. ibid. old dude
Four days after the disaster the first surveys of the wreck are made. ibid.
The first thing we need to find the truth is new dives. ibid. prosecutor
I want answers. I won’t rest till I have answers. Estonia V: The Dive, Harald Setsaas, next of kin
It’s hard to understand how the boat could have sunk without a hole in the hull to release the air pockets. ibid. Rolf Imstol, maritime casualty analyst and stability expert
The ship Fritz Reuter is on its way to examine the wreck of the Estonia. ibid.
The Turver was directly over the wreck of the Estonia. ibid. Henrik Evertson, journalist & director
We are starting the dive here … We’re going down to about 70 metres depth … It seems like it’s listing … ibid.
Estonia rests on a thick layer of soft clay. The wreck may therefore budge. ibid. captions
1996: 10,000 tons of sand and rubble are dumped around the wreck of Estonia. ibid.
It’s totally pushed in here. We’re looking into the boat … That looks like something that’s been done with a huge amount of force ... ibid. sub dive camera feeding dude & Evertson aboard Turver
Very soon after that the vessel turned abruptly to the starboard side. ibid. maritime dude
Ghost ships: Ships that are inexplicably floating around without crews in the Bermuda Triangle … What would make a person just get off of their boat? Or, who took them off the boat? Curse of the Bermuda Triangle VIII: Ghost Ship Terror, Discovery 2021
The sinking of the Titanic in April 1912 was a tragedy unlike any other. Surely, it could never happen again. But it did. Because incredibly Titanic had a near identical sister who suffered an almost identical fate. And here in the warm waters of the Mediterranean within only a few years of her older sibling she met her end. Her name was Britannic. She was Britain’s biggest ship. Titanic’s Tragic Twin: The Britannic Disaster, BBC 2021
On 21st November 1916 she sank in just fifty-five minutes, three times faster than Titanic. ibid.
May 1941: A storm rages in the Atlantic ocean. A squadron of antiquated biplanes take on the most powerful warship the world has ever seen: Bismark. Seconds from Disaster s5e2: The Bismark, National Geographic 2012
The Hood opens fire … Shells reign down in the Denmark Strait. One salvo hits the Hood, pierces six decks of steel and explodes in the ship’s magazine, detonating three-hundred tons of ammunition. The huge ship splits in two and sinks in just two minutes. Over fourteen hundred sailors lose their lives. ibid.
On May 27th the British opened fire … Within minutes a hit destroys the command bridge … The British ships close in … The Bismark lists hard to port and capsizes. ibid.
On March 23rd 2021 one of the largest container ships ever built ploughed into the sandy banks of the Suez Canal. The Ever Given blocks one of the most important shipping lanes in the world for nearly a week, triggering a global emergency. Why Ships Crash, BBC 2022
12% of the world’s trade passes through the Suez Canal. ibid.
Each year there are over 2,500 shipping crashes and incidents. ibid.
‘What happened to the HMS Terror and the HMS Erebus? And more importantly, what happens to their crews? Conspiracies Decoded s1e4, Jess Phoenix, science writer, DiscoveryPlus 2022
It appears that the sailors of Franklin’s expedition were eaten, but by who[m]? ibid.
Success depended on an unlikely alliance between archaeologists and the British army. Raising the Mary Rose, Channel 4 2022
Footage lost for forty years has been rediscovered. ibid.
The tapes reveal tensions that almost derailed the entire lift. ibid.
The Mary Rose, Henry’s favourite flagship sank off Portsmouth in 1545 with the loss of nearly 1,500 men. She was rediscovered in 1971 after a 6-year search. ibid.
7th May 1915: World War I is less than a year old: America remains neutral: 12 miles off the coast of Ireland the world’s finest passenger liner [Lusitania] has entered the war zone. Lusitania: 18 Minutes that Changed the World, Channel 5 2015
At ten minutes past two, a single German torpedo strikes her hull. ibid.
Her seven decks accommodate over two thousand passengers. ibid.
Only six of forty-four lifeboats were successfully launched. ibid.
‘Pushing aside the bodies of drowned children and babies like lily-pads on a pond’. ibid. Diana Preston, author Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy
More than seven hundred people have been saved. ibid.
USS Nimitz, Pacific Ocean August 1991: He is astonished to see something rising out of the ocean … This thing was huge; it was larger than the Nimitz … I knew that I had seen something from another world … It went up fast … The ship has been commandeered by the men in black … It seems to be following the ship … He finds himself getting a close-up look at the flying saucer … They manage to get the whole thing on tape … A shared close encounter with a UFO, backed up by film, photographs, everything … But it doesn’t take long for those hopes to be dashed … Every piece of evidence is snatched away from them. UFOs: Top Secret Alien Files, History 2021
The SS Great Britain is a technical triumph but never realises her potential commercially. In September 1846 a catastrophic navigational error sees the ship run aground. Brunel: Building a Great Britain, Channel 5 2020
Off the New Zealand coast, yes. The Chinese actually have a very ancient map in their possession. It was drawn about 1418 and it includes Australia, New Zealand ... This expedition: it was an attempted circumnavigation of the world ... And more than a hundred ships, and these ships carried between them 28,000 people set out in 1421 ... Documents from ancient China talk about this catastrophe: a huge meteor struck the sea less than a hundred miles from the fleet ... Investigation recently down along the coast and inland high up ... has produced the remains actually of sixty embedded ships. Jonathan Gray, interview Coast to Coast Hidden Discoveries