Memorial plaque to the sailing vessel Moscow
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The sailing vessel "Moscow" was one of the ships of the Russian fleet in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), in which all the European powers of the time were involved. In September 1758, due to damage to the ship, "Moscow" (length 46m, width 12m), with a crew of 600 sailors and 66 cannons on board, received an order to return to Kronstadt, which it never did.
On October 7, due to the damage caused during the big storm, opposite Ziemupei, the ship completely lost control and ran aground. Since the lifeboats were crushed when the masts broke, the people of the ship went to the shore in self-made rafts. On October 10, the last sailors were brought to the shore with some boats obtained in Ziemupė. The next day, a storm broke the beached sail in half. 98 sailors died of cold and hunger and were buried in the dunes of Ziemupe.
Only on July 25, 2010, already after 252 years, a memorial sign to the dead sailors was installed on the beach of Ziemupe.