EML Wambola (A433)

EML Wambola at Lennusadam. 29.06.2024
History
Denmark
NameKDM Lossen
OperatorDanish Navy
Ordered1973
BuilderSvendborg Skibsværft
Laid down9 June 1977
Launched9 September 1977
Commissioned14 June 1978
Decommissioned22 October 2004
HomeportSønderborg Harbour
Identification
NotesSold to Estonia
Estonia
OperatorEstonian Maritime Academy
Acquired4 July 2006
RenamedMS Kristiina
HomeportSeaplane Harbour, Tallinn
NotesHanded over to Estonian Navy
 Estonian NavyEstonia
OperatorEstonian Navy
Acquired10 September 2009
Recommissioned1 November 2016
RenamedEML Wambola
Refit2016
HomeportTallinn, Harju County
Identification
MottoAd Unquem (transl. Forever)
StatusActive
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeLindormen-class minelayer
Displacement577 tons full
Length44.5 m (146 ft 0 in)
Beam9.0 m (29 ft 6 in)
Height21 m (68 ft 11 in)
Draught2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × MTU diesel engines (1600 kW)
  • 2 adjustable propellers
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
2
Troops36
Complement29 (including 5 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • navigation radar
  • 2 × Litton Decca E, I-band
Armament4 × Browning M2
NotesAlso 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.

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