EML Kalev (M414)

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EML Kalev M414
History
Naval Ensign of Germany.svgGermany
NameMinerva
Operator German Navy
Builder Krögerwerft, Rendsburg, Germany
Launched25 August 1966
Commissioned16 June 1967
Decommissioned16 February 1995
FateDonated to Estonia
Naval Jack of Estonia.svgEstonia
NameKalev
Operator Estonian Navy
Acquired5 September 1997
Decommissioned2004
StatusOn display at the Estonian Maritime Museum since 2004
General characteristics
Class and type Frauenlob-class minesweeper
Displacement246 tons full
Length37.91 m (124.4 ft)
Beam8.2 m (27 ft)
Draught2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 MTU MB 12V 493 TY70 diesel drives
  • 2 shafts
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range1,120 km (600 nmi)
Complement6 officers, 19 sailors
Crew25
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Navigation radar
  • Atlas Elektronik, I-band
Armament
NotesMine laying capability

EMLKalev (M414) was a Frauenlob-class minesweeper of the Estonian Navy, which belonged to the Mineships Division.

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Introduction

The minesweeper Kalev was a vessel in the Estonian Navy Mineships Division and also the first modernized Frauenlob-class minesweeper. At the beginning of 2004 the, Kalev was discharged from service and transferred to the Estonian Maritime Museum.

History

The EML Kalev (M414) was built in West Germany, in the Krögerwerft shipyard in Rendsburg. The vessel was launched on 25 August 1966 and entered service on 16 June 1967. It was one of ten ships of class 394 with the home port of Neustadt in Holstein. The German Navy decommissioned five of these ships in 1995; Minerva (Kalev) and her sister Diana (Olev) were given to the Estonian Navy to operate. At the handing over ceremony the vessel received the Estonian name Kalev. The third sister Undine was handed over to the Estonian Navy in 2001 as Vaindlo. In 2004 the Estonian Navy decommissioned the ships and Kalev was handed to the Estonian Maritime Museum in Tallinn. [1] [2]

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References

  1. http://www.meremuuseum.ee/?op=body&id=46 ENS Kalev (M414)
  2. "Home". 7tes-msg.de.

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