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EML Olev (M415)
EML ''Olev'' (M415) is a ''Frauenlob''-class minelayer of the Estonian Navy Mineships Division. Introduction The minelayer ''Olev'' is a vessel of the Estonian Navy Mineships Division and also the third modernized Frauenlob class minelayer. In 2003, a cooperation contract was signed between the Paldiski city council and the minelayer ''Olev'' which gave the vessel a right to wear the Paldiski town coat of arms and to introduce the city in all foreign harbors across the world. History The ''Olev'' (M415) was built in West-Germany, in a Krögerwerft shipyard in Rendsburg. The vessel was launched on 13 December 1966, and she entered service a year later on 21 September 1967. The German Navy decommissioned ''Diana'' and two of her twin sisters ''Minerva'' and ''Undine'' in late 1990s and gave the vessels to the Estonian Navy to operate. On the ceremony the vessel received an Estonian name ''Olev''.http://www.mil.ee/?menu=merevagi&sisu=olev ENS Olev (M415) Olev was decommiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West-Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 October 1990. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc. West Germany was formed as a political entity during the Allied occupation of Germany after World War II, established from eleven states formed in the three Allied zones of occupation held by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. The FRG's provisional capital was the city of Bonn, and the Cold War era country is retrospectively designated as the Bonn Republic. At the onset of the Cold War, Europe was divided between the Western and Eastern blocs. Germany was divided into the two countries. Initially, West Germany claimed an exclusive mandate for all of Germany, representing itself as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
