Lennusadam

The seaplane port from the seaside

The Tallinn Seaplane Airport ( Estonian Lennusadam ) is one of the ports in the urban area of Tallinn . The site in the Põhja-Tallinn district now houses part of the Estonian Maritime Museum .

history

The history of the seaplane port goes back to the early years of aviation. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Russian Empire had the vision of using seaplanes to monitor the Gulf of Finland from Tallinn in order to be able to react early to advancing naval forces. The construction of a hangar for seaplanes began in 1912 , but its completion was delayed by the outbreak of the First World War . Estonia , which had become independent, used the facility in the 1920s and 1930s as a base for its own sea pilots. From 1940 to 1941, after the occupation of Estonia, the area was used by the Soviet military - after that only as a warehouse.

To this day, the hangar, dating from the Tsarist era, is the defining building on the port area. Like the surrounding outdoor area, it was completely renovated between 2010 and 2012. Since then, a part of the marine museum has been located there, which aims to give its visitors a comprehensive insight into the history of seafaring.

The hangar in 2010
The hangar in 2013
Aerial view in 2015

Estonian Maritime Museum

After the renovation work is completed in 2012, the port area will be used by the Estonian Maritime Museum. The biggest attraction is probably the Lembit , a historic submarine of the Estonian Navy from 1937, which is now on display in the former aircraft hangar.

There are also numerous ships on the outside area. This includes:

the Suur Tõll , an icebreaker built in 1914

the Grif , one of the first boats of the Estonian Navy that was reorganized in the 1990s

the Kalev (ex-Minerva), a women's praise class minesweeper

the Suurop (ex-Rymättylä), a patrol boat of the Rihtniemi class

Web links

Commons : Seaplane Hangar - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Website of the Maritime Museum

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Report from the Baltic Rundschau ( memento from July 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the opening of the Sea Museum in the seaplane airport from May 15, 2012, accessed on July 11, 2014.

59.4519 24.738308Coordinates: 59 ° 27 ′ 6.8 ″ N , 24 ° 44 ′ 17.9 ″ E

[BR-1] Report from the Baltic Rundschau ( memento from July 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the opening of the Sea Museum in the seaplane airport from May 15, 2012, accessed on July 11, 2014.