The Seaplane Harbour ( Estonian: Lennusadam) is a maritime museum in

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, opened in spring 2012.Pääkkönen, Sirpa: Samppanja virtasi sukellusveneessä, '' Helsingin Sanomat'' 14 May 2012, p. C 1, The museum is part of the

Estonian Maritime Museum The Estonian Maritime Museum ( et, Eesti Meremuuseum) is located in the Fat Margaret tower in the old town of Tallinn. The museum presents the history of ships and navigation in Estonia and related to Estonia. Other parts of the Maritime Muse ...

.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

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. The hall has an area of 8000 m². The hall was put out of service during the

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era. Its renovation started in 2010. The renovation was funded 70% by the

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and 30% by the Estonian state. Allveelaev Lembit

The main attraction in the museum is the 1936 submarine '' Lembit'', which was ordered by Estonia from the

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, and has nowadays 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

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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

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and mainland Estonia. The icebreaker '' Suur Tõll'' originally sailed for

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under the name ''Wäinämöinen''. It was conquered from the

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ns near

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in 1918 and donated to Estonia from Finland in 1922 according to the Treaty of Tartu. There is also a special exhibit illustrating the background to the sinking of the

MS Estonia MS ''Estonia'' was a cruiseferry built in 1980 at the West German shipyard Meyer Werft in Papenburg. In 1993, she was sold to Nordström & Thulin for use on Estline's Tallinn–Stockholm route. The ship's sinking on 28 September 1994, in the B ...

ferry in 1994. The attractions in the museum are located in three levels: in the air, on the sea and below the sea. The museum presents the history of the old maritime country Estonia in a modern visual language. The museum has submarine and

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s, and a pool where people can sail miniature ships and look at aquatic animals.

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. Accessed on 3 January 2012.
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