In commission 1989-2016 Retired 5 | Built 1999–2001 Completed 5 | |
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Preceded by Hameln class minesweeper | ||
The Type 333 Kulmbach class is a class of five German Navy ships. Built as Type 343 Hameln class minesweepers, they have been upgraded to minehunters using Seefuchs expendable drones to detonate detected naval mines.
List of ships
Notes: The listed commission dates are from their original commission as Type 343 boats since they were not formally recommissoned after their upgrade to Type 333 mine hunters.
The ships currently belong to the 3. Minensuchgeschwader (3rd Minesweeping Squadron) based in Kiel at the Baltic Sea.
Two of the three decommissioned Kulmbach-class mine hunters will be donated to Croatia in the near future.
References
Kulmbach-class mine hunter Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA