Mustamäe College Tallinn's Seaplane Harbour Report Anna Elise Rohtmets G2K Tallinn 2010 Table of Contents 1. Introduction.................................................................................................3 2. History.........................................................
TALLINN Karl-Markus Koskor Location northern coast of the country Things to see • Toompea castle • Town Hall Square • Kadrorg Palace • St.Catherine Passage • Zoo • Old Town Things to do • Seaplane Harbour • KUMU Art museum • Tallinn TV Tower • Russalka Accommodation • Viru Hotel • Kreutzwald Hotel • Hotel Ülemiste • Tähetorn Hotel • Kalev Sba& Waterpark Shopping • Ülemiste • Kristiine • Norde Centrum • Sikupilli • Stockmann
The first fortress was built in 1050, on Toompea. A weather fane, the figure of an old warrior called Old Thomas, was put on the top of the spire of the Tallinn Town Hall in 1530, which became the symbol for the city later on. Tourism Tallinn receives more than 1.5 million visitors annually, and it has been growing steadily since the past decade. Tallinn’s old town is a major tourist attraction There’s the Seaplane Harbour, the Zoo and the Open Air Museum. Most of the tourists are from Europe, but the sum of of tourists from Russia and Asia-Pacific region is growing Ethnicity There are around 226000 Estonians, which is close to 55% of the nationality Then there’s about 152000 Russians, which takes 37% of the nationality Aaaand then there’s around 12000 Ukrainians, which is 3% of the nationality
, Ojala, H. 2010. Lahingud Vaiksel ookeanil 1941-1945. Grenader, lk 17-29 5 Teenistuses olles sai ta mitmeid autasusid, millest kõrgeimad olid Navy Distinguished Servie Medal (4), Army Distinguished Service Medal, Knight Grand Cross of Order of the Bath (Inglismaa), Legion of Honor (Prantsusmaa). 2 Jaapani laevastikku kuulus 4 lennukikandjat (fleet carrier), 2 kergemat lennukikandjat (light carrier), 4 kohandatud lennukikandjat (seaplane carrier), 11 lahingulaeva, 14 ristlejat, 46 hävitajat, 16 allveelaevat, 30 abilaevat, 248 lennukit (lennukikandjatel) ja 16 vesilennukit. 3 Selle suure laevastiku eesotsas seisis Jaapani mereväe marssal-admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (4.04.1884-18.04.1943a.) I. Yamamoto oli lõpetanud Keiserliku Jaapani mereakadeemia (1904). Ta oli üks suuremaid mere-õhusõja arendajaid ja eestvedajaid. Vene-Jaapani sõja ajal teenis ta ristlejal. Peale sõda jätkas ta õpinguid ja 1916
light cruisers, 17 destroyers. Ships in dock were: 4 light cruisers, 2 destroyers. Heavy cruisers and carriers have all left. (2) It appears that no air reconnaissance is being conducted by the fleet air arm." Yoshikawa was, as usual, partly right and partly wrong. He mistook Utah for Wyoming. His figure on the battleships was correct, but in harbor that afternoon were 6 light and 2 heavy cruisers, 29 destroyers, 4 minesweepers, 8 minelayers, and 3 seaplane tenders. With this message Yoshikawa completed his assignment. It was the last cable sent by the Japanese consulate in Hawaii for many years. [Codebreakers 050.jpg] On the eve of Pearl Harbor, Takeo Yoshikawa sends his final message over Consul Kita's signature, using the PA-K2 code, to report that the U.S. fleet is still in port By 8:45 p.m. in Washington, the 13 parts had been typed in smooth copies and put up in folders. Kramer began telephoning the recipients to