Cuxhaven (M 1078)

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Cuxhaven (M 1078)
Wambola (M311)
Lindau class
Wambola (M311) in Tallinn
Wambola (M311) in Tallinn
Overview
Type Mine hunting boat
Shipyard

Burmeister-Werft Bremen-Burg, Germany

Namesake Lindau
1. Period of service flag
period of service

as Cuxhaven (M 1078) in the German Navy

Commissioning March 11, 1959
Decommissioning February 8, 2000
Whereabouts the Estonian Marine sold
2. Period of service flag
period of service as Wambola (M311) in the Estonian Navy
Commissioning March 22, 2000
Decommissioning March 26, 2009
Technical specifications
displacement

495 tons

length

47.1 meters

width

8.3 meters

Draft

3.7 meters

crew

37 (6 officers)

drive

2 × Maybach MD 871, 1470 kW
5 × diesel engines RHS 518, 70 kW
2 shafts with 2 × controllable pitch propellers

speed

16.5 knots

Range

1360 km

Armament

1 × 40 mm Bofors flak,
2 × 12.7 mm Browning machine guns

Sensors

Navigation radar
mine hunting sonar DSQS-11

Hull

Wood

Anti-mine equipment

2 × ECA PAP 104 Mk.5 ROV

coat of arms

The Cuxhaven (M 1078) was a German minehunter of the Lindau class ( class 331 ) and later, as Wambola (M311), belonged to the anti-mine division of the Estonian Navy .

history

The boat was built for the German Navy at the Burmester shipyard in Bremen and was named Cuxhaven (after the German city of Cuxhaven ). The boat was launched on February 11, 1959 and was put into service that same year. Like its sister ships, which was minesweepers of class 320 in the late 1970s to a minehunter the class 331 rebuilt.

The German Navy decommissioned the Cuxhaven on February 8, 2000 and handed it over to Estonia. The boat was reactivated by the local naval forces and was given the name Wambola when it was returned to service . In March 2009 the boat was finally decommissioned after nine years of service in the Estonian Navy.

Second term of service (Estonian Navy)

After the mission in Germany, the ship was put into service by the Estonian Navy on March 22, 2000.

tasks

  • Ensure security and freedom in Estonian waters
  • Mine clearance
  • Sea rescue service
  • Participation in operations within the framework of BALTRON
  • Representing Estonia in international exercises and operations
  • Cooperation with the border guard
  • Crew training

Name & coat of arms

The Wambola was the second ship with this name in the Estonian Navy. The first was the Russian Kapitan Kingsbergen , which had surrendered to British units in an advance into Tallinn (Reval) in December 1918. The destroyer was handed over to Estonia by the British on January 2, 1919 and was commissioned there under the name Wambola , as one of the first ships in the new state's navy.

The coat of arms of the second wambola shows a black keel on a silver background with a golden morning star in the center. The morning star was used by the Estonians as a weapon in ancient times, on the coat of arms it symbolizes their fighting spirit and their strength. The ship's motto in Latin is Ad unquem - in German "Auf den Nagelkopf". The coat of arms was designed by Priit Herod.

In 2000, a cooperation agreement was signed between the city council of Pärnu and the mine-hunting boat Wambola, which gave the ship the right to wear the city's coat of arms in order to present the city in foreign ports.

Commanders

  • Leitnant Sten Sepper (1999-2001)
  • Principal Marek Mardo
  • Leitnant Ain Pärna
  • ?

See also

  • Wambola - other ships of the same name in the Estonian Navy

Web links

Commons : Cuxhaven (M 1078)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Miinijahtijad Sulev ja Wambola lõpetasid teenistuse ( Memento from December 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ MINEHUNTERS OF ESTONIAN NAVY ( Memento from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Miinijahtija Wambola M311 ( Memento from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Mereväekapten Sten Sepper ( Memento from May 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 59 ° 27 ′ 11.9 ″  N , 24 ° 44 ′ 21.6 ″  E