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Shipwreck or sea mystery · 22.08.1915

Minesweeper No. 6, caught in its own navy's nets

Miinitraaler nr 6, mis jäi oma laevastiku võrkudesse

The Stella was a German merchant ship built in 1889. During the First World War the Russian navy fitted her out as an armed minesweeper, Minesweeper No. 6. On 22 August 1915, near Naissaar, she blundered into the anti-submarine nets the Russians themselves had laid. Three explosive charges hanging in the nets went off and the ship sank. The wreck rests about 60 metres down. It was found in 1996 during the international mine-clearing operation MCOPEST, working together with the Estonian diving company Snorkel, and is now protected.

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

Eesti keeles

Stella oli 1889. aastal ehitatud Saksa kaubalaev. Esimese maailmasõja ajal kohandas Venemaa merevägi selle relvastatud miinitraaleriks nr 6. 22. augustil 1915 sattus laev Naissaare lähedal venelaste endi paigaldatud allveelaevatõrje võrkudesse. Võrgus rippunud kolm tõkkepadrunit plahvatasid ja laev uppus. Vrakk lebab umbes 60 meetri sügavusel. See leiti 1996. aastal rahvusvahelise miinitõrjeoperatsiooni MCOPEST ja Eesti tuukriettevõtte Snorkel ühistööna ning on nüüd kaitse all.

Map of the area around Minesweeper No. 6, caught in its own navy's nets
59.63303° N, 24.53667° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Stella (laev); Estonian heritage register no. 29966 ↗

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