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Shipwreck or sea mystery · 15.08.1941

Kretinga, lost with all hands off Loksa

Kretinga, mis hukkus kogu meeskonnaga Loksa lähistel

Like the Utena, the Kretinga was a 1920-built refrigerated cargo ship from Lithuania that the Soviet navy requisitioned in 1940, renaming her transport VT-554. A day after the Utena sank, on 15 August 1941, the Kretinga was in the Gulf of Finland off Loksa when German aircraft attacked. Manoeuvring away from the bombs, she left the swept channel, struck a mine and sank. All 24 of her crew were lost. Her wreck lies only a few kilometres from the Utena's and has been a protected monument since 2018.

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

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Nagu Utena, oli ka Kretinga 1920. aastal ehitatud Leedu külmutuslaev, mille Nõukogude merevägi 1940. aastal sundvõõrandas ja transpordilaevaks VT-554 nimetas. Päev pärast Utena hukku, 15. augustil 1941, oli Kretinga Soome lahel Loksa lähedal, kui seda ründasid Saksa lennukid. Pommide eest manööverdades kaldus laev traalitud koridorist kõrvale, sõitis miinile ja uppus. Hukkusid kõik 24 meeskonnaliiget. Vrakk lebab vaid mõne kilomeetri kaugusel Utenast ja on alates 2018. aastast kaitse all.

Map of the area around Kretinga, lost with all hands off Loksa
59.72825° N, 25.43324° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: English Wikipedia: List of shipwrecks in August 1941; ministerial decree no. 126 of 2 July 2018; Estonian heritage register no. 30959 ↗

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