Shipwreck or sea mystery · 28.08.1941
Old ships sunk to block Tallinn's harbours, 1941
Vanad laevad, mis uputati 1941. aastal Tallinna sadamaväravatesse
Before the Soviet fleet abandoned Tallinn on 28 August 1941, it tried to block the harbour gates with old ships so the Germans could not use them. A dredger was sunk in one gate of the Old Harbour, but the steamer Gamma, meant for the other, was hit by a shell as towing began and sank in the harbour when her own scuttling charge went off. The former Estonian warships Mardus and Keri were to close the Mine Harbour: the charge laid in Mardus was so strong it blew her apart, and Keri ran aground in the basin. The floating workshop Amur, a former minelayer, sank in the wrong place.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Enne kui Nõukogude laevastik 28. augustil 1941 Tallinnast lahkus, üritati sadamaväravad vanade laevadega sulgeda, et sakslased neid kasutada ei saaks. Üks süvendaja uputati Vanasadama ühte väravasse, kuid teise jaoks mõeldud aurik Gamma sai pukseerimise alguses mürsutabamuse ja uppus sadamas, kui plahvatas tema enda uputuslaeng. Miinisadama väravad pidid sulgema endised Eesti sõjalaevad Mardus ja Keri: Mardusele pandud laeng oli nii võimas, et purustas vana laeva täiesti, ja Keri jooksis sadamabasseinis madalikule. Endine miiniveeskaja, ujuvtöökoda Amur, uppus valesse kohta.
Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Juminda miinilahing; English Wikipedia: List of shipwrecks in August 1941 ↗