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Noblessneri (Noblessner)
Port named after Noblessner, the name of the company created when Alfred Nobel’s nephew Emanuel, director of Branobel (see Petrooleumi), and a torpedo manufacturer by the name of Lessner merged to build submarines for the Russian navy after the 1905 Battle-of-Tsushima débâcle (see Peetri). Founded around 1912, the shipyard operated from 1913-1916 until the дерьмо hit the fan, while Lessner’s St-Petersburg plant would later become known as the Karl Marx Machine-Building Association, which must have made him a very happy chappy. One of a group of five ports/harbors in Kalamaja. See Patareisadam.
Miinisadama (Miinisadam)
Not mini-harbor but Mine Harbor, built in the very early 1900s as ‘Peter the Great Harbor’ to service ships involved with mines. Group of five ports/harbors in Kalamaja. See Noblessneri.
Lennusadam (0)
Seaplane harbor. Both the port and its remarkable hangar for seaplanes built as part of Peter the Great’s Naval Fortress (see Vabaduse puiestee) are now part of the Estonian Maritime Museum. Group of five ports/harbors in Kalamaja. See Lennusadama.
Lennusadama (Lennusadam)
Seaplane harbor (see Lennusadam), road currently (2025 Q2) half-paved and pointing at the old harbor, itself undergoing transitional development reminiscent of Sotogrande, Spain, close to Gibraltar. Maybe they’ll play water-polo. See Miinisadama.
