Shipwreck or sea mystery · 07.1939
An oak wreck surfaces on the Narva-Jõesuu bathing beach
Narva-Jõesuu supelranda kerkib tammepuust vrakk
In July 1939 a heavy storm uncovered an old wreck right on the bathing beach at Narva-Jõesuu, opposite one of the resort's sanatoriums, a few dozen steps from the shore in water only half a metre deep. It was the hull of a sailing ship built in an old-fashioned way of oak that had turned black and stone-hard in the water; local fishermen thought it had lain on the sea bed for more than two hundred years. They had found several such wrecks along the coast before and broken them up, using the tough old timber for fence posts and anything else they needed.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1939. aasta juulis tõi tugev torm Narva-Jõesuus otse supelrannas, ühe sanatooriumi kohal, mõnekümne sammu kaugusel rannast poole meetri sügavuses vees nähtavale vana vraki. See oli vanaaegselt ehitatud purjelaeva kere, mille tammepuit oli vees tõmbunud mustaks ja kivikõvaks; kohalikud kalurid arvasid, et see oli merepõhjas lebanud üle paarisaja aasta. Varemgi olid nad piki randa leidnud mitu sellist vrakki ja need lammutanud ning tugevat vana puitu aiapostideks ja muuks tarbeks kasutanud.