Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Kyaftin na farko na jirgin ruwan kankara shine (1875<unk>1931). Bayan mutuwarsa Kyaftin Fricis Veidners (1883<unk>1942) da Pēteris Maurītis (1887<unk>?) sun yi nasara a cikin umurnin. Bayan mamayar Soviet na Latvia a 1940 jirgin ya zama na ƙasa. A ƙarshen watan Agusta 1941 "Krišjānis Valdemārs" ya shiga cikin kwashe Soviet na Tallinn
zuwa Kronstadt, amma ya buge wani ma'adinan ruwa a ranar 28 ga Agusta kuma ya nutse. "Krišjānis Valdemārs", wanda aka ɗora da kaya, an kai wa bam da nutsewa a cikin Tekun Finland ta jirgin sama na Junkers Ju 88 na Kampfgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe.