&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:EML_Wambola_A433.png) EML Wambola at Lennusadam. 29.06.2024
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| History | |
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 Denmark | |
| Name | KDM Lossen |
| Operator | Danish Navy |
| Ordered | 1973 |
| Builder | Svendborg Skibsværft |
| Laid down | 9 June 1977 |
| Launched | 9 September 1977 |
| Commissioned | 14 June 1978 |
| Decommissioned | 22 October 2004 |
| Homeport | Sønderborg Harbour |
| Identification |
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| Notes | Sold to Estonia |
 Estonia | |
| Operator | Estonian Maritime Academy |
| Acquired | 4 July 2006 |
| Renamed | MS Kristiina |
| Homeport | Seaplane Harbour, Tallinn |
| Notes | Handed over to Estonian Navy |
 Estonian NavyEstonia | |
| Operator | Estonian Navy |
| Acquired | 10 September 2009 |
| Recommissioned | 1 November 2016 |
| Renamed | EML Wambola |
| Refit | 2016 |
| Homeport | Tallinn, Harju County |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Ad Unquem (transl. Forever) |
| Status | Active |
| Badge | &sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Crest_of_EML_Wambola.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Lindormen-class minelayer |
| Displacement | 577 tons full |
| Length | 44.5 m (146 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 9.0 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Height | 21 m (68 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 |
| Troops | 36 |
| Complement | 29 (including 5 officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Armament | 4 × Browning M2 |
| Notes | Also equipped with 2 cranes.[1] |
EML Wambola (A433) is a Lindormen-class minelayer built in 1977. As KDM Lossen, she served in the Danish Navy until 2006. Sold to the Estonian Maritime Academy as a maritime training vessel, she was renamed MS Kristiina. In 2009, she was handed over to the Estonian Navy as a command and support vessel and renamed Wambola.