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 | |
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.