Tübingen (M 1074)
The mine hunter Tübingen (M1074) was one of 18 boats in the Lindau class (class 320) of the German Federal Navy . It was originally built as a coastal minesweeper at the Burmester shipyard in Bremen-Burg and put into service on September 25, 1958. From May 30, 1975, it was converted into a class 331 mine-hunting boat and from March 20, 1978, it was used as such by the German Navy.
On June 26, 1997 , the Tübingen was retired. Most of the sister boats were subsequently sold to various countries, including South Africa, Georgia, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. One copy is used today on the Rhine as a youth club. The Tübingen was an exception: It was sold in 1997 to an Italian private owner, who they converted into a motor yacht.
All boats in the Lindau class are named after German cities, which has always resulted in a sponsorship relationship. The Tübingen sponsorship was intensively maintained through mutual visits and gifts until the 1990s. A model of the Tübingen in the town hall extension on the first floor bears witness to this relationship . A positive connection between the German population and the Bundeswehr should be created through the communal connection in order to popularize the idea of rearmament. The ship's clock came into the possession of the Tübingen City Museum through a gift from Erich Stahn from Schwebheim.
Web links
- www.m1074.de
- Minesjagdboot Tübingen on TÜpedia with list of commanders and photos of the ship's mail.
- Postcard as a minesweeper
- 2010 in the Kiel Canal
