Sulev (M312)

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Lindau (M 1072)
Sulev (M312)
Lindau class
M312 Sulev Port Side Lennusadam Tallinn 14 July 2013.JPG
Overview
Type Mine hunting boat
Shipyard

Burmeister-Werft Bremen-Burg, Germany

Namesake Lindau
1. Period of service flag
period of service

as Lindau (M 1072) in the German Navy

Commissioning April 24, 1958
Decommissioning October 9, 2000
Whereabouts the Estonian Marine sold
2. Period of service flag
period of service as Sulev (M312) in the Estonian Navy
Commissioning October 9, 2000
Decommissioning March 23, 2009
home port Kuressaare
Whereabouts Museum ship in Tallinn
Technical specifications
displacement

495 tons

length

47.1 meters

width

8.3 meters

Draft

3 meter

crew

37 (6 officers)

drive

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

speed

16.5 knots

Armament

1 × 40 mm Bofors Flak
2 × 12.7 mm Browning MG

Sensors

Navigation radar
DSQS-11 mine hunting sonar

Hull

Wood

Anti-mine equipment

2 × ECA PAP 104 Mk.5 ROV

coat of arms

The Sulev (ex- Lindau ) is the type ship of the Lindau class ( class 320 ) of the German Navy . After her service in Germany, the Lindau (M 1072), which had been converted into a mine hunter ( class 331 ), belonged to the anti-mine division of the Estonian Navy as Sulev (M312) .

history

The later Sulev was the first of the 18 Lindau class to be built in the Burmester shipyard in Bremen. The boat was launched on February 16, 1957 and was put into service by the German Navy as Lindau on April 24, 1958 . It was thus the first warship that had been built in Germany after the end of the Second World War . Originally that was Lindau a minesweeper , but it was in the late 1970s to a minehunter rebuilt. The German Navy put the Lindau and its sister ship Cuxhaven out of service on October 9, 2000 and handed the ships over to the Estonian Navy. At the official handover, the boat was christened Sulev and assigned to the mine defense division ( Miinilaevade Divisjon ). After the arrival of the units of the Sandown class , the Sulev was decommissioned in March 2009. Since October 2013 the boat can be viewed as an exhibit of the Estonian Maritime Museum in the Tallinn seaplane port.

First period of service (Bundeswehr)

commitment

The Lindau was, like her sister ships, while their period in the North Sea stationed. Until the renovation in the 1970s, she was stationed as a minesweeper with the 4th Minesweeping Squadron (4th MSG) in Wilhelmshaven . The boat was then assigned to the 4th MSG again as a mine hunter. When it was dissolved on September 17, 1997, Lindau was subordinated to the 6th MSG (also in Wilhelmshaven). It was also decommissioned there in 2000.

Surname

The boat was named after the German city of Lindau on Lake Constance . As usual with the Bundeswehr, the city sponsored the boat. Due to the long period of service, at the age of 43, she finally became the longest sponsorship relationship in the German Navy.

Second term of service (Estonian Navy)

After the mission in Germany, the ship was taken over by the Estonian Navy on October 9, 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 Sulev was the third ship with this name in the Estonian Navy. The first was a former German A-class coastal torpedo boat ( SMS A 32 ) that was stranded during the Battle of Moon Sound. This was salvaged after the end of the First World War from the now independent Estonia and was put into service as Sulev by its navy in 1924 . The second ship was one of the two reconnaissance ships of the Condor class of the People's Navy , which Estonia had received from Germany in 1994.

A crossbow on the ship's coat of arms refers to the weapon of Sulev's son . The ship's motto in Latin is certum est - in German “It is safe”. The coat of arms was designed by Priit Herod.

On August 5, 2001, the 5th  Kuressaare Marine Day, a cooperation agreement was signed between the Kuressaare City Council and the mine-hunting boat Sulev, which gave the ship the right to wear the city's coat of arms in order to present the city in foreign ports.

Commanders

  • Vanemleitnant Annes Vainamäe (December 2000 - August 2001)
  • Leitnant Marek Vesiaid (August 2001 - April 2002)
  • Leitnant / Vanemleitnant Jüri Saska (April 2002 - February 2005)
    • Leitnant Rain Terras (June 2003 - July 2004)
  • Leitnant Tarmo Sepp (February 2005 - November 2006)
  • Leader Janek Naur
  • ?

Web links

Commons : Sulev (M312)  - 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. ↑ Newsletter of the museum from October 2013 , accessed on November 7, 2014 (English)
  3. ↑ Sponsorships
  4. ↑ MINEHUNTERS OF ESTONIAN NAVY ( Memento from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Miinijahtija Sulev M312 ( Memento from August 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 59 ° 27 ′ 12 "  N , 24 ° 44 ′ 22.2"  E