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Shipwreck or sea mystery · 14.11.1941

The destroyer Surovy, identified by the name on her stern

Hävitaja Surovõi, mille tuvastas nimi ahtril

The Soviet destroyer Surovy had already survived a mine during the evacuation of Tallinn in August 1941. In November she sailed again, to bring home the garrison of Hanko. Early on 14 November, in a minefield off the Estonian coast, she collided with a stalled minesweeper, and minutes later a mine exploded beside her hull. Flooding could not be stopped and she was abandoned and scuttled. The wreck was found in 2008 during a hydrographic survey and identified in 2015 by a diver who read her bronze name on the stern. She lies on her side 83 metres down, the bow shattered, the stern guns still in place.

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

Eesti keeles

Nõukogude hävitaja Surovõi oli üle elanud miiniplahvatuse juba Tallinna evakuatsioonil 1941. aasta augustis. Novembris läks see uuesti merele, et tuua koju Hanko garnison. 14. novembri varahommikul põrkas laev Eesti ranniku lähedal miiniväljal kokku seisma jäänud miinitraaleriga ja mõni minut hiljem plahvatas kere kõrval miin. Veetungi ei suudetud peatada ning laev jäeti maha ja uputati. Vrakk leiti 2008. aastal hüdrograafilisel mõõdistusel ja 2015. aastal tuvastas selle sukelduja, kes luges ahtrilt laeva pronkstähtedes nime. Laev lebab külili 83 meetri sügavusel, vöör on purustatud, ahtris on suurtükid alles.

Map of the area around The destroyer Surovy, identified by the name on her stern
59.78023° N, 25.19827° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: English Wikipedia: Soviet destroyer Surovy (1940); Estonian heritage register no. 31016 ↗

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