EML Wambola (M311)

Burmeister -Werft Bremen-Burg, Germany

As Cuxhaven ( M1078 ) in the German Navy

495 tons

47.1 meters

8.3 meters

3.7 meters

37 ( 6 officers )

2 × 1470 kW Maybach MD 871 5 × 70 kW RHS 518 diesel engines 2 shafts with controllable pitch propeller 2 ×

16.5 knots

1360 km

1x 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns 2 × 12,7 mm Browning MG

Navigation radar DSQS -11 mine hunting sonar

Wood

2 × ECA PAP 104 Mk.5 ROV

Cuxhaven ( M1078 ) was a mine hunting boat Lindau class ( class 320) and belonged to later, when EML Wambola ( M311 ), mine countermeasures Division of the Estonian Navy. The commander of the ship was Captain last Jaanus Antson.

History

The later Wambola ( M311 ) was built in West Germany in the Burmester shipyard in Bremen. The boat ran on 11 February 1959 by the stack and has been put into service in the same year. The name comes from the German city of Cuxhaven. Originally Cuxhaven was a minesweeper, but it was rebuilt in the late 1970s in a mine hunting boat. The German Navy introduced the Cuxhaven on 8 February 2000 decommissioned and handed over the ship to the Estonian Navy. On 9 October 2000 the boat for the Estonian Navy was put into service. At the ceremony, the boat got the Estonian name Wambola. On 23 March 2009 the boat was found after 9 years of service in the Estonian Navy formally decommissioned.

Construction

Since minesweepers to produce the smallest possible magnetic field, they were built of wood. Above the waterline, 3 coats with intermediate isolation were glued together. The first and third layers of mahogany were aligned parallel to the keel, the middle layer of teak diagonally. Below the waterline a fourth layer of oak was still attached. The bulkhead framework consisted of 118 transverse, longitudinal 2 and 20 Konstruktionsspanten wooden frame spacing 0.38 m. For up-and internals amagnetic material was mainly installed.

Second service (Estonian Marine)

Tasks

  • Ensure the security and freedom in Estonian waters
  • Demining
  • Sea rescue
  • Participation in missions in the framework of BALTRON
  • Representation of Estonia in international exercises and operations
  • Collaboration with the Border Patrol
  • Crew training

Ship of Arms

The coat of arms depicts a black keel on a silver background with a golden morning star at the center dar. The morning star was used by the Estonians in ancient times as a weapon on the coat of arms symbolizes their fighting spirit and their strength. The ship 's motto is in Latin unquem Ad - in German " on the nail head ." The coat of arms was designed by Priit Herodes. In 2000, a cooperation agreement between the City Council of Pärnu and the mine hunting boat Wambola was signed, which will give the ship the right to wear the coat of arms of the city in order to present the foreign ports in return

Draft (hull) M2 Browning Remotely operated underwater vehicle Lindau-class minesweeper
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