Alex Clarke recalls finding Lembit in Tallinn's seaplane museum after expecting a Soviet submarine exhibit. Recognizing a British design made the discovery particularly striking. Lembit belonged to a pair of submarines built for Estonia with a dedicated minelaying role. The museum visit prompted a recommendation to see the surviving boat and to explore the naval history accessible from Helsinki and Tallinn.
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Lembit, Estonia's surviving minelaying submarine
A museum visit introduces Lembit, a British-built Estonian minelaying submarine preserved in Tallinn.