Fire, flood or disaster · 19.07.1969
Prangli boat disaster
On 19 July 1969 three fishing boats set off from the mainland for Prangli island carrying workers and amateur performers from the Tallinn taxi company on an outing. In open water between Aegna and Prangli one of the overloaded boats capsized. Twelve people drowned, and the bodies of nine were never recovered from the sea. It remains one of the worst boating accidents in Estonian waters. Today a regular ferry links Leppneeme harbour with Prangli, a small island of fishing villages, sandy shores and old customs, home to fewer than a hundred permanent residents.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
19. juulil 1969 asus mandrilt Prangli saarele teele kolm kalurilaeva Tallinna taksopargi töötajate ja isetegevuslastega, kes olid ühisel väljasõidul. Avamerel Aegna ja Prangli vahel läks üks ülekoormatud paatidest ümber. Uppus kaksteist inimest, neist üheksa surnukehad jäidki merre. See on üks raskemaid paadiõnnetusi Eesti vetes. Tänapäeval ühendab Leppneeme sadamat Pranglile regulaarne praamiliin – saarel on kaluriküladega, liivarandade ja vanade kommetega ning seal elab alla saja püsielaniku.