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Battle or uprising · 26.12.1918

Capture of the destroyers Spartak and Avtroil

In the dark days of December 1918, with the Red Army advancing on Tallinn, two Bolshevik destroyers came out to raid the Estonian coast. On 26 and 27 December a British squadron that had just arrived to help Estonia intercepted them off Tallinn: first Spartak and then Avtroil were captured almost without a fight. The British handed both ships to the young Estonian Navy, which renamed them Wambola and Lennuk. They became the backbone of its fleet in the War of Independence. Today the waters between Naissaar, Aegna and Prangli are a busy shipping lane outside Tallinn Bay.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

1918. aasta pimedal detsembrikuul, kui Punaarmee lähenes Tallinnale, tulid kaks bolševike hävitajat Eesti rannikut ründama. 26. ja 27. detsembril pidas Eestile appi saabunud Briti eskaader need Tallinna lähistel kinni: kõigepealt Spartaki ja seejärel Avtroili, mis võeti peaaegu võitluseta. Britid andsid mõlemad laevad noorele Eesti mereväele, kes nimetas need Wambolaks ja Lennukiks. Neist said Vabadussõjas Eesti laevastiku selgroog. Tänapäeval kulgeb Naissaare, Aegna ja Prangli vahel Tallinna lahe tihe laevatee.

Map of the area around Capture of the destroyers Spartak and Avtroil
59.58000° N, 24.85000° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_destroyer_Wambola ↗

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