30th anniversary of the MS Estonia sinking
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A memorial service was held in Tallinn on Saturday in remembrance of the victims of the MS Estonia ferry disaster, on the event's 30th anniversary.
Organized by Memento Mare, an association representing the relatives of those who perished, the memorial service and wreath-laying ceremony took place at 12 p.m. at the Estonia memorial in central Tallinn.
The Estonia sank in heavy Baltic seas off the Turku archipelago in the small hours of September 28, 1994, while en route from Tallinn to Stockholm.
Of the 989 people on board, only 137 survived, making it the largest peacetime maritime disaster in European waters
