EML Kalev

Last updated March 26, 2019

Two ships of the Estonian Navy have been named Kalev:

The Estonian Navy, is the name of the unified naval forces among the Estonia Defence Forces.

EML Kalev (1936), a Kalev-class submarine launched in 1936 and taken over by the Soviet Union in 1940; she was sunk in the following year
EML Kalev (M414), a Frauenlob-class minesweeper previously Minerva in the German Navy she was acquired by Estonia in 1997 and renamed Kalev. Decommissioned in 2004 and became a museum ship

EML Kalev was one of two submarines of the Republic of Estonia launched in 1936 at Vickers and Armstrongs Ltd. in England. Her sister, Lembit, survived the Second World War.

The Kalev class consisted of two mine laying submarines built for the Estonian Navy.

A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term most commonly refers to a large, crewed vessel. It is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely operated vehicles and robots, as well as medium-sized or smaller vessels, such as the midget submarine and the wet sub. The noun submarine evolved as a shortened form of submarine boat; by naval tradition, submarines are usually referred to as "boats" rather than as "ships", regardless of their size.

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