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Wreck of the ferry M/F" Jan Heweliusz" Poland Wreck of the ferry M/F" Jan Heweliusz" Poland
Bestdivers - 2/02/2012 2:39 AM
Wreck of the ferry M/F "Jan Heweliusz" Loss of the ferry "Jan Heweliusz" "On the night of 14th January 1993, a Polish ferry "Jan Heweliusz" sank in tragic circumstances in the vicinity of the Rugen island, and actually some 15 miles off the cape Arkona. A storm was raging on the Baltic Sea, with the wind blowing at the velocity of 160 km per hour. The 12-step Beaufort scale didn’t provide for wind of such crashing power, otherwise unknown on the Baltic Sea. Despite warnings of strong wind from m...