EML ''Kalev'' (M414) was a of the
Estonian Navy
The Estonian Navy () 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 ship prefix is EM ...
, 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
The Estonian Maritime Museum () is located in the Fat Margaret tower in the old town of Tallinn. The museum presents the history of ships and navigation in Estonia and related to Estonia. Other parts of the Maritime Museum are the mine 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
Rendsburg (, also ''Rensborg'', , also ''Rensborg'') is a town on the Eider (river), River Eider and the Kiel Canal in the central part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the ''Kreis'' (district) of Rendsburg-Eckernfoerde, Rends ...
. 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
Neustadt in Holstein (; Holsatian: ''Niestadt in Holsteen'') is a town in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, on the Bay of Lübeck 30 km northeast of Lübeck, and 50 km southeast of Kiel.
History
In World War ...
. 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 () 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 ship prefix is EM ...
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 capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...
.
See also
*
Baltic Naval Squadron
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