EML Olev (M415)

EML Olev (M415)

EML "Olev" (M415) is a "Frauenlob"-class minelayer of the Estonian Navy Mineships Division.

Introduction

The minelayer "Olev" is a vessel of the Estonian Navy Mineships Division and also the third modernized Frauenlob class minelayer. In 2003 a cooperation contract was signed between the Paldiski city council and the minelayer "Olev" which gave the vessel a right to wear the Paldiski town coat of arms and to introduce the city in all foreign harbors across the world.

History

The "Olev" (M415) was built in West-Germany, in a Krogerwerft shipyard in Rendsburg. The vessel was launched on the 13 December 1966] and she entered service a year later on the 21 September 1967. The German Navy decommissioned "Diana" and two of her twin sisters "Minerva" and "Undine" in late 1990s and gave the vessels to the Estonian Navy to operate. On the ceremony the vessel received an Estonian name "Vaindlo". [http://www.mil.ee/?menu=merevagi&sisu=olev ENS Olev (M415)]

Gallery

ee also

*BALTRON project
*ENS Vaindlo (M416)

References

External links

* [http://www.mil.ee/uusmil/index.php?menu=merevagi&sisu=mev Estonian Navy]


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