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Shipwreck or sea mystery · 05.07.1941

Rasma, beached on Mohni and destroyed there

Rasma, mis aeti Mohni randa ja hävitati seal

In early July 1941, only two weeks into the war, the cargo steamer Rasma was carrying grain and flour from Tallinn to Leningrad when she struck a mine. Badly damaged, she was run aground on the small island of Mohni, and all her crew and passengers got safely ashore. The Germans did not leave the stranded ship alone: on 10 July Luftwaffe bombers attacked her, and the German torpedo boats S-26 and S-28 torpedoed what was left, destroying the wreck. The pin marks the island's shore.

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

Eesti keeles

1941. aasta juuli alguses, kaks nädalat pärast sõja algust, vedas kaubaaurik Rasma vilja ja jahu Tallinnast Leningradi, kui sõitis miinile. Raskelt vigastatud laev aeti väikese Mohni saare randa ning kogu meeskond ja reisijad pääsesid kaldale. Sakslased ei jätnud madalikul olevat laeva rahule: 10. juulil ründasid seda Luftwaffe pommitajad ning Saksa torpeedokaatrid S-26 ja S-28 torpedeerisid järelejäänu, hävitades vraki. Märk näitab saare randa.

Map of the area around Rasma, beached on Mohni and destroyed there
59.67700° N, 25.78500° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: English Wikipedia: List of shipwrecks in July 1941 ↗

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