| EML Olev (M415) | |
|---|---|
| Career (Germany) |  |
| Name: | Diana (M2664) |
| Operator: | German Navy |
| Builder: | Krogerwerft Rendsburg Germany |
| Launched: | 13 December 1966 |
| Commissioned: | 21 September 1967 |
| Decommissioned: | 16 February 1995 |
| Fate: | Donated to Estonia |
| Career (Estonia) |  |
| Name: | EML Olev (M415) |
| Operator: | Estonian Navy |
| Acquired: | 5 September 1997 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Frauenlob class minelayer |
| Displacement: | 246 tons full |
| Length: | 37.9.1 m |
| Beam: | 8.2 m |
| Draught: | 2.4 m |
| Propulsion: |
2 shafts propulsors diesel drives 2 MTU MB 12V 493 TY70 diesel drives |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Range: | 1120 km |
| Complement: | 6 officers, 19 sailors |
| Crew: | 25 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Navigation radar Atlas Elektronik, I-band |
| Armament: |
1x40 mm/70 Bofors automatic cannon 2x 12.7 mm Browning machine gun |
| Notes: |
Mine counter measures equipment: 2 × ECA PAP 104 Mk.5 remotely controlled submarines (ROV) with explosives contact-sweeper Mines laying capability |
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 13 December 1966 and she entered service a year later on 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 Olev.[1]
Gallery[]
See also[]
- BALTRON project
References[]
- ↑ http://www.mil.ee/?menu=merevagi&sisu=olev ENS Olev (M415)
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