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List Of Estonian Navy Ships
List of Estonian Navy ships is a comprehensive listing of all ships that have been in service to the Estonian Navy. 1918–1940 Destroyers *''EML Lennuk, Lennuk'' (Izyaslav-class destroyer, ''Izyaslav'' class) *''Estonian destroyer Wambola, Wambola'' (Orfey-class destroyer, ''Orfey'' class) Torpedo boat *''Estonian torpedo boat Sulev, Sulev'' (A-class torpedo boat, A class) Submarines *''EML Kalev (1936), Kalev'' (Kalev-class submarine, ''Kalev'' class) *''EML Lembit, Lembit'' (''Kalev'' class) Gunboats *''Estonian gunboat Lembit, Lembit'' (Gilyak-class gunboat, ''Gilyak'' class) *''Estonian gunboat Tasuja, Tasuja'' (converted icebreaker) *''Estonian gunboat Mardus, Mardus'' (auxiliary gunboat) *''Estonian gunboat Meeme, Meeme'' (auxiliary gunboat) *''Estonian gunboat Ahti, Ahti'' (auxiliary gunboat) *''Estonian gunboat Ilmatar, Ilmatar'' (auxiliary gunboat) *''Estonian gunboat Taara, Taara'' (auxiliary gunboat) *''Estonian gunboat Tartu, Tartu'' (auxiliary gunboat) *''Estonian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Navy
The Estonian Navy ( et, Merevägi) are the unified naval forces among the Estonian Defence Forces. With only six commissioned ships and displacement well under 10,000 tonnes, the Estonian navy is one of the smallest navies in the world. Its ship prefix is EML (''Eesti Mereväe Laev''/Estonian Navy Ship). The Estonian Navy has participated numerous times in NATO's naval joint-exercises. History Interwar period Foundation The ''Merevägi'' was founded on November 21, 1918. The foundation and development of the Estonian Navy rely greatly on the Royal Navy which operated in the Gulf of Finland as an ally to Estonia during the Estonian War of Independence. The first Estonian navy warships were the destroyers '' Lennuk'' and '' Wambola'' and were gifts from the UK's Royal Navy after they had been captured from the Russian Baltic Fleet in 1919. Marine Infantry The Meredessantpataljon was a short-lived marine infantry - Naval landing battalion of the Estonian Defence Forces subjec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
