EML Kalev (M414), Ship
Two ships of the Estonian Navy have been named ''Kalev'': * , a launched in 1936 and taken over by the Soviet Union in 1940; she was sunk in the following year * , a previously ''Minerva'' in the German Navy she was acquired by Estonia in 1997 and renamed ''Kalev''. Decommissioned in 2004 and became a museum ship {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalev Ship names ...
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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 subje ...
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