page_title: Kurkse tragedy
hierarchical_section_title: Kurkse tragedy
caption_attribution_description: Eesti: Mälestusmärk Kurkse suurõnnetuses hukkunud rahuvalvajatele. Kauguses on näha Pakri saari.
context_page_description: The Kurkse tragedy occurred on 11 September 1997, when 14 Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion drowned in the Kurkse Strait during a dangerous training maneuver. The Kurkse tragedy was the deadliest accident in the Estonian Defence Forces since the country regained independence in 1991.
  The Kurkse tragedy was subject to the documentary film "Surmaretk".
context_section_description: The Kurkse tragedy (Estonian: Kurkse tragöödia) occurred on 11 September 1997, when 14 Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion drowned in the Kurkse Strait during a dangerous training maneuver. The Kurkse tragedy was the deadliest accident in the Estonian Defence Forces since the country regained independence in 1991.
  The Kurkse tragedy was subject to the documentary film "Surmaretk" (2008).
caption: Memorial for Kurkse tragedy
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