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Shipwreck or sea mystery · 27.11.1944

U-479, lost on a mine in November 1944

U-479, mis hukkus miinil 1944. aasta novembris

The German submarine U-479 sailed to the Gulf of Finland in 1944, by way of Norway and Helsinki. She sank no ships, though in July 1944 she torpedoed and damaged the Soviet submarine-chaser MO-304 in Vyborg Bay. On 27 November 1944 she struck a Soviet mine in the Gulf of Finland and sank. The wreck was found in 2009, explored in 2014 and 2018, scanned by an Estonian survey vessel and filmed by a Finnish team in 2018. It lies off the north-west coast of Estonia, near Osmussaar.

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

Eesti keeles

Saksa allveelaev U-479 jõudis 1944. aastal Norra ja Helsingi kaudu Soome lahele. Ühtki laeva see ei uputanud, kuigi 1944. aasta juulis torpedeeris ja vigastas see Viiburi lahes Nõukogude allveelaevade jahtijat MO-304. 27. novembril 1944 sõitis U-479 Soome lahel Nõukogude miinile ja uppus. Vrakk leiti 2009. aastal, seda uuriti 2014. ja 2018. aastal, Eesti mõõdistuslaev skaneeris seda sonariga ja Soome meeskond filmis 2018. aastal. Vrakk lebab Loode-Eesti ranniku lähedal Osmussaare kandis.

Map of the area around U-479, lost on a mine in November 1944
59.38814° N, 23.19399° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: English Wikipedia: German submarine U-479; Estonian heritage register no. 30234 ↗

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