Name Koblenz (M1071) Commissioned 8 July 1958 Launched 6 May 1957 Draft 3.71 m | Namesake Koblenz Decommissioned 1975 Length 47 m Builder Bremen | |
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Refit 1960–64, to Type 331 minehunter Fate donated to Lithuania, 1999 | ||
LKL Sūduvis (M52) is a minehunter of the Lithuanian Naval Force. Built in West Germany in 1957 as Koblenz (M1071), a Lindau-class (or Type 320) minesweeper for the German Navy, she was upgraded to a Type 331 minehunter in the 1970s. Germany donated Koblenz to the Lithuanian Naval Force in 1999. The ship, renamed Sūduvis, formed the nucleus of the Lithuanian Naval Force's Squadron of Mine-hunters, which was established on 22 June 1999. The squadron was augmented in 2001 with the similar donation of sister ship Marburg, which became Kursis (M51).
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