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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

KALEV minesweepers (1967/1997-2002)

Kalev 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Kalev (ex-Minerva) M414   Kröger-Werft, Rendsburg, West Germany   25.8.1966 6.1967 // 19.6.1997 stricken 2003
Olev (ex-Diana) M415   Kröger-Werft, Rendsburg, West Germany   13.12.1966 9.1967 // 8.8.1997 stricken 2005
Vaindlo (ex-Undine) M416   Kröger-Werft, Rendsburg, West Germany   16.5.1966 3.1967 // 8.10.2002 stricken 2005

 

Displacement standard, t

238

Displacement full, t

246

Length, m

35.4 wl 38.0 oa

Breadth, m

8.00

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Mercedes-Benz MB820Db diesels

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

14.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 13

Endurance, nm(kts) 993(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 315, mechanical, acoustic and magnetic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

TRS-N radar

Complement

24

Project history: Former Bundesmarine's riverine minesweepers of the Type 394.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Vaindlo 2003

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