LKL Sūduvis (M52)

History
Germany
Name	Koblenz (M1071)
Namesake	Koblenz
Builder	Burmester Werft, Bremen
Launched	6 May 1957
Commissioned	8 July 1958
Decommissioned	1975
Refit	1960–64, to Type 331 minehunter
Fate	donated to Lithuania, 1999
History
Lithuania
Name	Sūduvis (M52)
Acquired	1999
Commissioned	22 June 1999
Status	Turned into a museum ship.
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 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).

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.