Shipwreck or sea mystery · 1927
The hunt for the 'gold ship' of Käsmu Bay
„Kullalaeva“ otsingud Käsmu lahes
From Whitsun 1927 a strange vessel worked the sea off Käsmu, and locals soon called it the gold-seekers' ship. A group of Estonian businessmen had signed a contract with the state to raise a Russian ship sunk there during the First World War. The story went that she had been carrying the treasury of the Libau (Liepāja) revenue office to Petrograd, ahead of the German advance, with much gold aboard, and that a single survivor could show where she lay. By autumn the searchers had found mast tops in water over 60 metres deep, beyond the 40 metres their divers could reach.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Alates 1927. aasta nelipühadest töötas Käsmu ümbruses merel kummaline laev, mida kohalikud peagi kullaotsijate laevaks hüüdsid. Mõned Eesti ettevõtjad olid sõlminud riigiga lepingu Esimese maailmasõja ajal sinna uppunud Vene laeva ülestõstmiseks. Jutu järgi vedas laev sakslaste pealetungi eest Liibavi rentei varandust Peterburi, pardal palju kulda, ja ainus pääsenu oskas näidata, kus ta lebab. Sügiseks leidsid otsijad üle 60 meetri sügavusest vrakimastide otsad, kuhu nende tuukrid, kes ulatusid vaid 40 meetrini, ei pääsenud.