LKL Kuršis (M51)
LKL Kursis (M54) is a minehunter of the Lithuanian Naval Force. Built in West Germany in 1958 as Marburg (M1080), a Lindau-class (or Type 320) minesweeper for the German Navy, she was upgraded to a Type 331 minehunter in the 1970s. Germany donated Marburg in 2001 to the Lithuanian Naval Force, which renamed the ship Kursis. The vessel augmented the Squadron of Mine-hunters, which had been established in 1999 with the similar donation of sister ship Koblenz, which became Sūduvis (M52).
LKL Kursis (M54) | |
History | |
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Germany | |
Name | Marburg (M1080) |
Namesake | Marburg |
Builder | Burmester Werft, Bremen |
Launched | 4 August 1958 |
Commissioned | 11 June 1959 |
Decommissioned | 25 May 2000 |
Refit | 1960–64, to Type 331 minehunter |
Fate | donated to Lithuania, 2001 |
History | |
Lithuania | |
Name | Kursis (M54) |
Acquired | 2001 |
Commissioned | 27 April 2001 |
Fate | Scrapped in 2017 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Lindau-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 395 t (389 long tons) |
Length | 47.1 m (154 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 8.3 m (27 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 3.71 m (12 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion | 2 x MTU 871 diesel engines |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Sensors and processing systems | search sonar (193M) |
Armament |
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References
- "The Squadron of Mine-hunters". Lithuanian Armed Forces. Ministry of National Defence Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- "Koblenz (6124570)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
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