EML ''Kalev'' (M414) was a of the
Estonian Navy
The Estonian Navy ( et, Merevägi) are the unified naval forces among the Estonian Defence Forces.
With only six commissioned ships and displacement well under 10,000 tonnes, the Estonian navy is one of the smallest navies in the world. Its sh ...
, which belonged to the
Mineships Division.
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
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, in the
Krögerwerft shipyard
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in
Rendsburg
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. 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
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decommissioned five of these ships in 1995; ''Minerva'' (''Kalev'') and her sister ''Diana'' (''Olev'') were given to the
Estonian Navy
The Estonian Navy ( et, Merevägi) are the unified naval forces among the Estonian Defence Forces.
With only six commissioned ships and displacement well under 10,000 tonnes, the Estonian navy is one of the smallest navies in the world. Its sh ...
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
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...
.
See also
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Baltic Naval Squadron
The Baltic Naval Squadron (BALTRON) was inaugurated in 1998. The main responsibility of BALTRON is to improve the co-operation between the Baltic states in the areas of naval defence and security. Constant readiness to contribute units to NAT ...
References
External links
Estonian Navy
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Frauenlob-class minesweepers
Ships built in Rendsburg
1966 ships
Cold War minesweepers of Germany
Frauenlob-class minesweepers of the Estonian Navy
Estonian Mineships Division
Museum ships in Estonia