Shipwreck or sea mystery · 1927
Fomalhaut, crushed by ice in Käsmu Bay
Kuunar Fomalhaut, mille purustas jää Käsmu lahel
Käsmu was famous for its captains, and in winter the local schooners were laid up together in the bay. The Fomalhaut, a schooner built in 1901 at Gibka in Latvia and sold to Estonia in 1918, was one of them; for a while in 1922 she sailed as the Mathilde, and her owner was Leopold Truberg. In the winter of 1927 the ice began to press on the anchored ship and broke her hull. She filled with water and sank near Lobi point to a depth of 25 metres. The wreck was found in 1996 and is protected.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Käsmu oli kuulus oma kaptenite poolest ja talvel seisid kohalikud kuunarid lahes nn laevakorteris. Üks neist oli Fomalhaut, mis ehitati 1901. aastal Lätis Gibkas ja müüdi 1918. aastal Eestisse. 1922. aastal kandis laev ajutiselt nime Mathilde ning selle omanik oli Leopold Truberg. 1927. aasta talvel hakkas jää ankrus seisvat laeva pressima ja purustas kere. Laev läks vett täis ja vajus Lobi neeme lähedal 25 meetri sügavusele. Vrakk leiti 1996. aastal ja on kaitse all.
Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Fomalhaut (laev); Estonian heritage register no. 27771 ↗