Orjaku Military Harbour Infrastructure

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Orjaku Harbour pier. Photo: Viktor Salmre, ERM Fk 2644:7905, Estonian National Museum, http://www.muis.ee/museaalview/15145
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Newly built Orjaku pier, MM F 5449, Estonian Maritime Museum, http://www.muis.ee/museaalview/123828
Sailing ships in the Orjaku harbour in winter. Among them are the sailing ships "Linnu", "Hiiuväin", "Hiiulaid"., MM F 637/1, Estonian Maritime Museum, http://www.muis.ee/museaalview/152810
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Photo: Juris Smaļinskis
Photo: Juris Smaļinskis
Photo: Juris Smaļinskis
Photo: Juris Smaļinskis
Photo: Juris Smaļinskis
Photo: Juris Smaļinskis
Photo: Juris Smaļinskis
Photo: Juris Smaļinskis
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 Orjaku küla, Hiiumaa vald, Hiiu maakond, Eesti, Estonia, Hiiumaa
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Orjaku harbour was intended to be used as an Imperial Russian Navy base for torpedo boats. Construction began in 1912, only to grind to an indefinite halt following the outbreak of World War I. Just two breakwaters had been completed by this point, which encompass the harbour to this day. During the final years before the Soviet occupation, a channel 4 metres deep, 35 metres wide and 2.2 km long was dredged.