Fire, flood or disaster · 19.09.1893
Sinking of the Rusalka
On 19 September 1893 (7 September Old Style) the Russian armoured warship Rusalka left Tallinn for Helsinki in worsening weather and vanished with all 177 men on board. The cause of the loss was never established, and the wreck was found only in 2003, in Finnish waters south of Helsinki. In 1902 a memorial by Amandus Adamson was unveiled on the Kadriorg seashore in Tallinn: a bronze angel holding up an Orthodox cross, facing the sea where the ship disappeared.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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19. septembril 1893 (vana kalendri järgi 7. septembril) lahkus Vene soomuslaev Russalka halveneva ilmaga Tallinnast Helsingi poole ja kadus jäljetult koos kõigi 177 pardal olnud mehega. Hukkumise põhjus jäigi selgusetuks ning vrakk leiti alles 2003. aastal Helsingist lõunas Soome vetes. 1902. aastal avati Tallinnas Kadrioru rannas Amandus Adamsoni loodud mälestusmärk: pronksingel, kes hoiab üleval õigeusu risti ja vaatab merele, kuhu laev kadus.