Lindormen-class minelayer

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Class overview
Name	Lindormen class
Builders	Svendborg Skibsværft
Operators	Royal Danish Navy  Estonian Navy
Preceded by	Lougen class
Built	1977
In commission	1978–present
Planned	2
Completed	2
Active	1
Laid up	2
Retired	1
General characteristics as built
Type	Minelayer
Displacement	575 t (566 long tons) full
Length	44.5 m (146 ft 0 in)
Beam	9.0 m (29 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.65 m (8 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	2 × 4,200 bhp (3,100 kW) Frichs diesel engines 2 x propellers
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	27
Armament	2 × single 20 mm guns 50–60 naval mines

The Lindormen class is a class of two minelayers built for the Royal Danish Navy to replace the Lougen-class minelayers that dated from World War II. The Lindormen class was designed to lay controlled controlled minefields in the Baltic Sea during the Cold War as part of NATO's defence plan for the region. They were taken out of service by the Danish in 2004, put up for sale in 2005 and transferred to Estonia in 2006.