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Eestirand memorial site

Eestirand memorial site

In 1941 the steamship Eestirand, once the flagship of Estonia's herring fleet, was carrying mobilised Estonian men from Tallinn towards Kronstadt in a Soviet evacuation convoy. On 24 August she was bombed from the air near Keri island. Her captain, Boris Nelke, refused orders to sail on and ran the leaking ship aground off Prangli. Around 2,700 men reached the island and escaped being taken to Russia. Dozens died. The Soviets later branded Nelke an enemy of the people, and he died in exile in Sweden. On Prangli a tall wooden cross with a life ring stands over the grave of the dead, with the ship's anchor and small white crosses around it.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

1941. aastal vedas aurulaev Eestirand, kunagine Eesti heeringapüügi lipulaev, Nõukogude evakuatsioonikonvois Tallinnast Kroonlinna poole mobiliseeritud eesti mehi. 24. augustil sai laev Keri saare lähedal õhurünnakus pommitabamusi. Kapten Boris Nelke keeldus konvoiga edasi sõitmast ja juhtis lekkiva laeva Prangli rannale. Laevalt jõudis saarele umbes 2700 meest, kes pääsesid Venemaale viimisest. Kümned hukkusid. Nõukogude võim tembeldas Nelke rahvavaenlaseks ja ta suri pagulasena Rootsis. Pranglil seisab hukkunute ühishaual suur puidust mälestusrist päästerõngaga, selle jalamil laeva ankur ja väikesed valged ristid.

Map of the area around Eestirand memorial site
59.61806° N, 25.03656° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

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