EML Kalev (M414)
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 EML Kalev M414 |
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| Career (GER) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Minerva (M2663) |
| Operator: | German Navy |
| Builder: | Krogerwerft Rendsburg Germany |
| Launched: | 25 August 1966 |
| Commissioned: | 16 June 1967 |
| Decommissioned: | 16 February 1995 |
| Fate: | Donated to Estonia |
| Career (Estonia) |  |
| Name: | EML Kalev (M414) |
| Operator: | Estonian Navy |
| Acquired: | 05 September 1997 |
| Decommissioned: | 2004 |
| Fate: | since 2004 museum ship Estonian Maritime Museum |
| Badge: | Image:ENS-Kalev-vapp.jpg |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Frauenlob class minelayer |
| Displacement: | 246 tons full |
| Length: | 37.9.1 m |
| Beam: | 8.2 m |
| Draught: | 2.4 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts propulsors diesel drives 2 MTU MB 12V 493 TY70 diesel drives |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Range: | 1120 km |
| Complement: | 6 officers, 19 sailors |
| Crew: | 25 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Navigation radar Atlas Elektronik, I-band |
| Armament: | 1x40mm/70 Bofors automatic cannon 2x 12.7 mm Browning MG gun |
| Notes: | mines laying capability |
EML Kalev (M414) was a Frauenlob-class minelayer of the Estonian Navy and belonged into the Estonian Navy Mineships Division.
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[edit] Introduction
The minelayer Kalev was a vessel in the Estonian Navy Mineships Division and also the first modernized Frauenlob class minelayer. At the beginning of 2004 the “Kalev” was discharged from service and transferred to the Estonian Maritime Museum.
[edit] History
The EML Kalev (M414) is built in West-Germany, in a Krogerwerft shipyard in Rendsburg. The vessel was launched on the 25 August 1966 and she entered service on 16 June 1967. The German Navy decommissioned Minerva and two of her twin sisters Undine and Diana in late 1990s and gave the vessels to the Estonian Navy to operate. On the ceremony the vessel received an Estonian name Kalev.[1]
[edit] Gallery
 Kalev in a museum |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.meremuuseum.ee/?op=body&id=46 ENS Kalev (M414)
[edit] External links
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