Cuxhaven (M 1078)
Cuxhaven (M 1078) Wambola (M311) |
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Lindau class | |
Wambola (M311) in Tallinn |
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Overview | |
Type | Mine hunting boat |
Shipyard |
Burmeister-Werft Bremen-Burg, Germany |
Namesake | Lindau |
1. Period of service | |
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 | |
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 |
speed |
16.5 knots |
Range |
1360 km |
Armament |
1 × 40 mm Bofors flak, |
Sensors |
Navigation radar |
Hull | |
Anti-mine equipment |
2 × ECA PAP 104 Mk.5 ROV |
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Miinijahtijad Sulev ja Wambola lõpetasid teenistuse ( Memento from December 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ MINEHUNTERS OF ESTONIAN NAVY ( Memento from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Miinijahtija Wambola M311 ( Memento from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Mereväekapten Sten Sepper ( Memento from May 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 59 ° 27 ′ 11.9 ″ N , 24 ° 44 ′ 21.6 ″ E