Meyersledge, bombed at anchor off Kihnu

In late September 1944, as German forces were leaving Estonia, the German cargo steamer Meyersledge lay at anchor off the island of Kihnu. According to records that researchers still call unconfirmed, Soviet aircraft bombed her on 24 September about three miles from the island, and the 63-metre ship went down. Kihnu fishermen and local divers had always known where she lay, but the wreck was properly mapped only in 2011, during a survey expedition in the Gulf of Riga. She rests at about 15 metres and has since been declared a protected monument; the position shown is taken from that listing.