EML ''Olev'' (M415) is a ''Frauenlob''-class

minelayer A minelayer is any warship, submarine or military aircraft deploying explosive mines. Since World War I the term "minelayer" refers specifically to a naval ship used for deploying naval mines. "Mine planting" was the term for installing control ...

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 ...

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 Paldiski is a town and Baltic Sea port situated on the Pakri Peninsula of northwestern Estonia. Since 2017, it's the administrative centre of Lääne-Harju Parish of Harju County. Previously a village of Estonia-Swedes known by the historical ...

city council and the minelayer ''Olev'' which gave the vessel a right to wear the Paldiski town

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and to introduce the city in all foreign harbors across the world.

History

The ''Olev'' (M415) was built in

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 ...

, in a Krögerwerft shipyard in

Rendsburg Rendsburg ( da, Rendsborg, also ''Rensborg'', nds, Rendsborg, also ''Rensborg'') is a town on the River Eider and the Kiel Canal in the central part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the ''Kreis'' (district) of Rendsburg-Ecke ...

. The vessel was launched on 13 December 1966, and she entered service a year later on 21 September 1967. The

German Navy The German Navy (, ) is the navy of Germany and part of the unified ''Bundeswehr'' (Federal Defense), the German Armed Forces. The German Navy was originally known as the ''Bundesmarine'' (Federal Navy) from 1956 to 1995, when ''Deutsche Mari ...

decommissioned ''Diana'' and two of her twin sisters ''Minerva'' and ''

Undine Undines (; also ondines) are a category of elemental beings associated with water, stemming from the alchemical writings of Paracelsus. Later writers developed the undine into a water nymph in its own right, and it continues to live in modern ...

'' 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 decommissioned in 2005 and sold in 2008. She then sat "abandoned" in Tallinn Seaplane Harbor till she was towed to

Noblessner Noblessner (also known as Peetri sadam) is a harbour and former industrial area in the northern district of Tallinn, Estonia. Since 2013 it has been redeveloped into a cultural and residential area with a museum, art centre, craft brewery, marina ...

, where its superstructure got a new coat of paint. She is currently sitting in Noblessner Harbor. EML Olev M415

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Estonian Navy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Olev (M415) Frauenlob-class minesweepers Ships built in Rendsburg 1966 ships Cold War minesweepers of Germany Frauenlob-class minesweepers of the Estonian Navy Estonian Mineships Division

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