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Shipwreck or sea mystery · 1959

Mõntu, a reparations schooner sunk as a pier

Mõntu, sõjakahjutasukuunar, mis uputati muuli osaks

After the Second World War Finland had to pay reparations to the Soviet Union, and part of the bill was paid in ships: 91 wooden three-masted schooners were built in Finnish yards. The Mõntu, named after a village on Sõrve, was launched in Turku in 1950 and handed over in 1951 to the Estonian Shipping Company. After 1959 she was written off, and in 1959–1965 her hull was sunk at Kalarand in Tallinn to lengthen the pier of a shipyard basin. Her remains, often mistaken for her sister Ristna, have long been visible from the Kalarand shore; she is the best-preserved hull of all the reparations schooners.

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

Eesti keeles

Pärast Teist maailmasõda pidi Soome maksma Nõukogude Liidule sõjakahjutasu ja osa sellest tasuti laevadega: Soome laevatehastes ehitati 91 puust kolmemastilist kuunarit. Sõrve küla järgi nime saanud Mõntu lasti vette 1950. aastal Turus ja anti 1951. aastal üle Eesti Merelaevandusele. Pärast 1959. aastat kanti laev maha ning aastatel 1959–1965 uputati kere Tallinnas Kalarannas laevatehase basseini muuli pikenduseks. Jäänused, mida sageli peetakse ekslikult sõsarlaeva Ristna omaks, on Kalaranna rannast kaua näha olnud. Sõjakahjutasukuunaritest on Mõntul säilinud kõige rohkem algset kere.

Map of the area around Mõntu, a reparations schooner sunk as a pier
59.44798° N, 24.74935° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Mõntu (laev, 1951) ↗

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