EML ''Tasuja'' (A432) was a

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built in 1977. She served in the

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as KDM ''Lindormen'' until 2004. Handed over to the

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, she was commissioned as EML ''Tasuja'' in the Mineships Division until 2016.

History

''Lindormen'' was the first of two similar minelaying ships built at the

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shipyard for the

. She was launched on 7 June 1977 as KDM ''Lindormen'' ( en, The Dragon). After fitting out, she entered service a year later on 14 June 1978. ''Lindormen'' was refitted at Søby Værft (shipyard), Denmark, in 2001. Decommissioned in 2004, she was handed over to the

. She was renamed EML ''Tasuja'' and served as a tender and utility vessel for the young navy. Her

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, KDM ''Lossen'' ( en, Lynx), was also donated by Denmark two years later in 2006, but not directly to the Estonian Navy. The ex-''Lossen'' began serving with the Estonian Maritime Academy as a civilian training vessel named: MS ''Kristiina'', for new marine officers. EML ''Tasuja'' was used on active duty as the naval diving vessel of the

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, while her sister ship was held in reserve and used for training. On 1 November 2016, after 10-years of active duty, the Merevägi decommissioned ''Tasuja''. Shortly thereafter they took her sister ship (in Danish service: ''Lossen'', then Estonian ''Kristiina'') out of reserve and commissioned her into active duty as as her replacement.

Ship's crest

The coat of arms for ''Tasuja'' was presented at a ceremony on 12 April 2006.http://mil.ee/?menu=merevagi&sisu=tasuja ENS Tasuja (A432) A silver

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was in the center of the vessel's coat of arms. The sword points to Tasuja's importance during the ancient Estonian Freedom Fight in the 13th century AD and the historical

vessels ''Tasuja'' role during the

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. The ship's

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motto was ''"More Maiorum"'' ( en, As our forefathers). The coat of arms was designed by

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. On 8 July 2006 a contract was signed between the vessel and Kunda city council, giving ''Tasuja'' the right to wear the Kunda town coat of arms and to engage in promotion of the city in all foreign harbours across the world.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tasuja Lindormen-class minelayers

EML Tasuja (A432) EML ''Tasuja'' (A432) was a diving vessel built in 1977. She served in the Danish Navy as KDM ''Lindormen'' until 2004. Handed over to the Estonian Navy, she was commissioned as EML ''Tasuja'' in the Mineships Division until 2016. History ''Li ...

1977 ships Ships built in Svendborg

History

Ship's crest

See also

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