Home
Subject list
Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
|
1938 Dec 8 |
The Graf Zeppelin, Germany's only aircraft carrier during World War II, was launched. It was last seen in 1947. In 2006 a Polish oil company found the wreckage on the sea floor about 38 miles north of the northern port city of Gdansk. Links: Germany, Ship, Baltic Sea 
|
|
1994 Sep 28 |
More than 900 (909) people died when the ferry Estonia capsized and sank off the Finnish coast in the Baltic sea. 852 people of 989 onboard were killed. In 1999 evidence was reported that 3 explosive devices had been placed on the ship's visor-like bow door. Links: Estonia, Finland, Tragedy, Ship, Baltic Sea
|
|
2001 Mar 29 |
An oil tanker collided with a freighter in the Baltic Sea and some 550,000 gallons of oil were spilled and drifted toward Denmark. Links: Oil, Environment, Denmark, Ship, Baltic Sea
|
|
2005 Dec |
Germany’s former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder accepted a job chairing the consortium of a new pipeline for Russian gas to western Europe under the Baltic Sea. Links: Russia, Germany, Gas, Baltic Sea
|
|
2005 |
Alan Palmer authored “A History of the Baltic Sea and its Peoples.” Links: Baltic Sea
|
We offer additional services to help you as well including
tax attorney help with tax relief issues,
auto accident attorney services, and
sustainable development information to research going green!
| |
|
2008 Jun 23 |
The World Wildlife Fund cautioned that the spread of so-called marine dead zones, where nothing can survive due to lack of oxygen, could cause the Baltic Sea ecosystem to collapse. Links: Environment, Baltic Sea
|
|
2016 Mar 15 |
European Union lawmakers and member states agreed on a long-term plan to end over fishing of cod, sprat and herring stocks in the Baltic Sea, the first such plan of its kind under the EU's reformed fisheries policy. Links: EU, Fish, Baltic Sea
|