EML Tasuja

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EML Tasuja (A432)
History
Naval Ensign of Denmark.svgDenmark
NameLindormen
Operator Danish Navy
Builder Svendborg Skibsværft, Denmark
Laid down2 February 1977
Launched7 June 1977
Commissioned14 June 1978
Decommissioned22 October 2004
Refit2001
HomeportFlådestation Frederikshavn
FateSold to Estonia
Naval Jack of Estonia.svgEstonia
NameTasuja
Operator Estonian Navy
Acquired12 April 2006
Decommissioned1 November 2016
Identification
MottoMore Maiorum
FateReserve ship
Badge ENS Tasuja vapp.jpg
General characteristics
Class and type Lindormen-class diving vessel
Displacement577 tons full
Length44.5 m (146 ft 0 in)
Beam9.0 m (29 ft 6 in)
Height21 m (68 ft 11 in)
Draught2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 1,200 kW (1,600 hp) Frichs diesel-engines
  • 800 Hps (600 kW) each
  • 2 ea adjustable propellers
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Troops35
Complement5 officers, 22 sailors
Sensors and
processing systems
  • navigation radar
  • 2 × Litton Decca E, I-band
Armament2 × 12.7 mm Browning machine guns
Armour steel
Notes
  • This class is specially designed to lay controlled minefields.
  • Limited fueling capability on the sea.

EML Tasuja (A432) was a Lindormen-class diving vessel built in 1977. She served in the Danish Navy as KDM Lindormen until 2004. Handed over to the Estonian Navy, she was commissioned as EML Tasuja in the Mineships Division until 2016.

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History

Lindormen was the first of two similar minelaying ships built at the Svendborg Skibsværft shipyard for the Danish Navy. She was launched on 7 June 1977 as KDM Lindormen (English: The Dragon). After fitting out, she entered service a year later on 14 June 1978.

Lindormen was refitted at Søby Værft (shipyard), Denmark, in 2001. Decommissioned in 2004, she was handed over to the Estonian Navy. She was renamed EML Tasuja and served as a tender and utility vessel for the young navy. [1] Her sister ship, KDM Lossen (English: Lynx), was also donated by Denmark two years later in 2006, but not directly to the Estonian Navy. The ex-Lossen began serving with the Estonian Maritime Academy as a civilian training vessel named: MS Kristiina, for new marine officers.

EML Tasuja was used on active duty as the naval diving vessel of the Estonian Mineships Division, while her sister ship was held in reserve and used for training. On 1 November 2016, after 10-years of active duty, the Merevägi decommissioned Tasuja. Shortly thereafter they took her sister ship (in Danish service: Lossen, then Estonian Kristiina) out of reserve and commissioned her into active duty as EML Wambola (A433) as her replacement.

Ship's crest

The coat of arms for Tasuja was presented at a ceremony on 12 April 2006. [2] [1] A silver sword was in the center of the vessel's coat of arms. The sword points to Tasuja's importance during the ancient Estonian Freedom Fight in the 13th century AD and the historical Estonian Navy vessels Tasuja role during the Estonian War of Independence. The ship's Latin motto was "More Maiorum" (English: As our forefathers). The coat of arms was designed by Priit Herodes. On 8 July 2006 a contract was signed between the vessel and Kunda city council, giving Tasuja the right to wear the Kunda town coat of arms and to engage in promotion of the city in all foreign harbours across the world.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Two former Minelayers sold to Estonia". Danish Naval History. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  2. ↑ http://mil.ee/?menu=merevagi&sisu=tasuja ENS Tasuja (A432)

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