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The Seaplane Harbour ( Estonian: Lennusadam) is a maritime museum in
''ts.fi'' 21 December 2011. TS-Yhtymä OY. The museum is located in the Tallinn aeroplane harbour, in a building originally constructed as a hangar for seaplanes in the area of Peter the Great's Naval Fortress. The hall has an area of and was put out of service during the
The main attraction in the museum is the 1936
''Cult24.fi'' 5 December 2011, accessed on 14 May 2012. The wreck of the wooden ship ''Maasilinn'' dates to the 16th-century and had sailed between Saaremaa and mainland Estonia. The icebreaker '' Suur Tõll'' originally sailed for Finland under the name ''Wäinämöinen''. It was conquered from the Russians near Helsinki in 1918 and donated to Estonia from Finland in 1922 according to the Treaty of Tartu. The museum had a special exhibit illustrating the background to the sinking of the MS ''Estonia'' ferry in 1994. The attractions in the museum are located on three levels: in the air, on the sea and below the sea. The museum presents the history of Estonia as a maritime country in a modern visual language. The museum has submarine and
Lennusadam_2015.jpg, The Tallinn aeroplane harbour hangars in 2015
Jäämurdja "Suur Tõll".jpg, ''Suur Tõll'' icebreaker
EML_Kalev_(M414),_ship.JPG, EML ''Kalev'' (M414)
P401_Grif_Tallinn_Lennusadam_2015_1.jpg, EML ''Grif''
EML Suurop 2015 Tallinn 1.jpg, EML ''Suurrop''
035 - Seaplane Museum, Tallin (38583159331).jpg, PVL 105 ''Torm''
Official site
''yle.fi'' 28 November 2011, YLE. Accessed on 3 January 2012.
Tallinn Seaplane Harbour - Lennusadam
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Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...
, Estonia, which opened in spring 2012.Pääkkönen, Sirpa: Samppanja virtasi sukellusveneessä, ''Helsingin Sanomat
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'' 14 May 2012, p. C 1, The museum is part of the Estonian Maritime Museum.Virossa avataan uudenlainen merimuseo''ts.fi'' 21 December 2011. TS-Yhtymä OY. The museum is located in the Tallinn aeroplane harbour, in a building originally constructed as a hangar for seaplanes in the area of Peter the Great's Naval Fortress. The hall has an area of and was put out of service during the
Soviet
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era. Its renovation started in 2010; it was 70% funded by the European Regional Development Fund
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and 30% by the Estonian state.
Exhibits
The main attraction in the museum is the 1936 submarine
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'' Lembit'', which was ordered by Estonia from the United Kingdom, and has now been renovated to its original 1930s appearance. The museum also has a yellow submarine, which can be used to familiarise oneself with piloting a submarine, and a full-scale replica of a World War I
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era Short Type 184 seaplane. None of the original seaplanes remain to this day.Tallinnaan uusi merimuseo - esillä Suomesta kaapattu Wäinämöinen''Cult24.fi'' 5 December 2011, accessed on 14 May 2012. The wreck of the wooden ship ''Maasilinn'' dates to the 16th-century and had sailed between Saaremaa and mainland Estonia. The icebreaker '' Suur Tõll'' originally sailed for Finland under the name ''Wäinämöinen''. It was conquered from the Russians near Helsinki in 1918 and donated to Estonia from Finland in 1922 according to the Treaty of Tartu. The museum had a special exhibit illustrating the background to the sinking of the MS ''Estonia'' ferry in 1994. The attractions in the museum are located on three levels: in the air, on the sea and below the sea. The museum presents the history of Estonia as a maritime country in a modern visual language. The museum has submarine and
flight simulator
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s, a pool where people can sail miniature ships and large aquariums to look at aquatic animals.
Gallery
See also
* Põhjala Brewery - also located in Noblessner Harbour * List of museum shipsReferences
External links
Official site
''yle.fi'' 28 November 2011, YLE. Accessed on 3 January 2012.
Tallinn Seaplane Harbour - Lennusadam
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Museums in Tallinn
Defunct airports in Estonia
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