| 翻訳と辞書 |
EML Lembit
EML ''Lembit'' is one of two ''Kalev'' class mine-laying submarines built for the Republic of Estonia before World War II and now a museum ship in Tallinn. She was launched in 1936 at Vickers and Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness in England and served in the Estonian Navy and the Soviet Navy. Until she was hauled out 21 May 2011, ''Lembit'' was the oldest submarine still afloat in the world. Her sister ship, ''Kalev'', was sunk in October 1941.
==History==
The ''Lembit'' is the only surviving warship of the pre-war Estonian Navy and in the Baltic countries. Estonia is a maritime nation and as with every country with a long coastline to defend, it has to safeguard its territorial waters. With regard to the experiences of World War I, submarines found their proper application in the pre–World War II Estonian Navy. The collection organised by the Submarine Fleet Foundation in May 1933, developed into one of the most successful undertakings among similar events demonstrating a nationwide determination to defend the country.
In the course of building and testing the two submarines, the Estonian crews received training in Great Britain in 1935-1937. From 1937 to 1940 the ''Lembit'' and her sister ship, the ''Kalev'' were the most imposing vessels in the Estonian Navy. Their inactivity in the annexation of Estonia by the USSR was a political decision.
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「EML Lembit」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|