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This cache invites you to see the outstanding technical facility of the beginning of the 20th century - the docks of the Noblessner submarine shipyard.
The history of Noblessner dates back to 1912, when Imperial Russia’s principal submarine shipyard was established here by two St. Petersburg businessmen: Emanuel Nobel (nephew of Alfred Nobel). The shipyard was named Noblessner after the family names of the two men.
Docks is located in the area between the former shipyard and the sea. The construction period is 1913-15. year. The piers (no. 40a and 39) and the slip between them were reconstructed in 2002.
Docks consists of a stacking area, a transport area and a slip with piers. Only the rails of the historical staging site have survived, the two supporting frames erected in 2002 stand in the eastern part of the site. Historic support frames for the parking lot have been removed. The seafront transport site has preserved tracks, a moving bridge and transport wagons.
Between 1914 and 1917, nine Bars-type submarines were built at Noblessner Shipyard for the Baltic fleet and three for the Pacific fleet. At the neighboring Volta plant, all electrical equipment was manufactured for the submarines under construction.
In 1916 the shipyard received an order for 20 large ocean-going submarines, but because of the 1917 October Revolution, these were never built. The shipyard was declared bankrupt in 1925 due to a lack of orders and the buildings were divided between various enterprises, which also built smaller ships here. At the beginning of the Soviet occupation, the fragmented enterprises were once again merged. In 1944–1951 the shipyard was called Tallinna Meretehas (Tallinn Marine Factory) and it repaired the Baltic Fleet’s minesweepers. Over the following decades, the shipyard operated under the names Marine Factory No. 7 and Shipyard No. 7, building vessels for the Soviet Navy and repairing whaling vessels and fishing trawlers. After Estonia became independent again in 1991, the shipyard was named Tallinna Meretehas (Tallinn Marine Factory). This is where the submarine Lembit was repaired before it was handed over to the Estonian Maritime Museum.
From the bankruptcy of the Tallinn Marine Factory in 2001, the shipyard belongs to BLRT Group, which develops the Noblessner Marina area.
See aare kutsub sind vaatama 20. sajandi alguse silmapaistvat tehnikarajatist - Noblessneri laevatehase ellingut.
Noblessneri ajalugu algas 1912. aastal, mil kaks Peterburi ärimeest – Emanuel Nobel (Alfred Nobeli vennapoeg) ja Arthur Lessner – rajasid siia toonase Tsaari-Venemaa tähtsaima allveelaevade tehase. Kahe mehe perekonnanimedest saigi tehas nime Noblessner.
Elling paikneb kunagise laevaehitustsehhi ja mere vahelisel maa-alal. Ehitusaeg on 1913.-15. aasta. Muulid (nr. 40a ja 39) ja nende vaheline slipp on rekonstrueeritud 2002. aastal.
Elling koosneb staakeldusplatsist, transpordiplatsist ja slipist muulidega. Ajaloolisel staakeldusplatsil on säilinud ainult rööpad, platsi idaosas seisavad 2002. aastal püstitatud kahed tugiraamid. Staakeldusplatsi ajaloolised tugiraamid on eemaldatud. Merepoolsel transpordiplatsil on säilinud rööbasteed, liikuv sild ja transpordivagunid.
Aastatel 1914–1917 ehitati Noblessneri Laevatehases üheksa Bars-tüüpi allveelaeva Läänemere laevastiku jaoks ja kolm Vaikse ookeani laevastiku jaoks. Naabruses asunud Volta tehases valmistati ehitatavatele allveelaevadele kogu elektriseadmestik.
1916. aastal sai tehas veel tellimuse 20 suure ookeaniallveelaeva ehitamiseks, kuid 1917. aasta oktoobrirevolutsiooni tõttu jäidki need ehitamata. Tellimuste vähesuse tõttu kuulutati 1925. aastal välja tehase pankrot ning hooned jagati mitme ettevõtte vahel, kes muuhulgas ehitasid siin väiksemaid laevu. Nõukogude okupatsiooni algul liideti killustunud ettevõtted taas üheks. Aastatel 1944–1951 kandis tehas nime Tallinna Meretehas ning siin remonditi Balti laevastiku miinitraalereid. Järgmistel kümnenditel tegutses käitis Meretehas nr 7 ja 7. laevaehitustehase nime all, ehitades aluseid Nõukogude mereväele ning remontides vaalapüügilaevu ja kalatraalereid.
Pärast Eesti iseseisvuse taastamist 1991. aastal sai tehase nimeks Tallinna Meretehas. Siin ehitati Eesti Piirivalveametile patrull-laev Pikker ja remonditi ka allveelaeva Lembit enne selle üleandmist Eesti Meremuuseumile.
Alates Tallinna Meretehase pankrotist 2001. aastal kuulub tehas BLRT Grupile, kes koostöös partneritega arendab Noblessneri sadamalinnakut ja elamukvartalit.
Allikad: noblessner.ee, kultuurimälestiste register ja wikipedia