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| | M/S Estonia - Definition, explanation |
 | | The M/S Estonia was a RORO car and passenger ferry built in 1979 in Germany. |
 | | Mayday was communicated by the ship crew at 01:22, but did not follow international formats and was said in Finnish, which delayed the rescue operation somewhat, as she could not give her position. |
 | | In the end, a treaty (Estonia Agreement 1995) between Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Denmark, Russia and, strangely (as it is not a Baltic state), Britain, declared sanctity over the site, prohibiting its citizens from even approaching the wreck. |
| www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/m/m_/m_s_estonia.php (1670 words) |
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