Shipwreck or sea mystery · 11.11.1916
Torpedo boat S59, lost in the 1916 raid
Torpeedopaat S59, mis hukkus 1916. aasta retkel
The S59 was a German torpedo boat of the S49 class, built at the Schichau yard. She was part of the flotilla that pushed into the Gulf of Finland on the night of 10 to 11 November 1916, when the Russian minefields claimed seven German boats in a few hours. On 11 November S59 struck a mine and sank in the gulf off north-west Estonia. Her wreck lies only a few kilometres from that of her flotilla-mate G90, north of Hiiumaa's Tahkuna peninsula, and both were declared cultural monuments in 2018.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
S59 oli Schichau tehases ehitatud S49-klassi Saksa torpeedopaat. See kuulus flotilli, mis tungis ööl vastu 11. novembrit 1916 Soome lahele, kui Vene miiniväljad nõudsid mõne tunniga seitse Saksa laeva. 11. novembril sõitis S59 Loode-Eesti lähedal miinile ja uppus. Vrakk lebab vaid mõne kilomeetri kaugusel flotillikaaslase G90 vrakist Hiiumaa Tahkuna poolsaarest põhja pool ning mõlemad tunnistati 2018. aastal kultuurimälestiseks.