LKL Kuršis (M51)

LKL Kursis (M54)
History
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	Bofors L/70 40 mm) cannons DK (12.7 mm) machine guns combat radio-electronic devices mine destruction charges 2 x Type PAP 104 underwater ROVs trawling equipment

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).

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.