EML Kalev (M414)

For other ships with the same name, see EML Kalev.

EML Kalev (M414) was a Frauenlob-class minesweeper of the Estonian Navy, which belonged to the Mineships Division.

EML Kalev M414
History
Germany
Name	Minerva
Operator	German Navy
Builder	Krögerwerft, Rendsburg, Germany
Launched	25 August 1966
Commissioned	16 June 1967
Decommissioned	16 February 1995
Fate	Donated to Estonia
Estonia
Name	Kalev
Operator	Estonian Navy
Acquired	5 September 1997
Decommissioned	2004
Status	On display at the Estonian Maritime Museum since 2004
General characteristics
Class and type	Frauenlob-class minesweeper
Displacement	246 tons full
Length	37.91 m (124.4 ft)
Beam	8.2 m (27 ft)
Draught	2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 MTU MB 12V 493 TY70 diesel drives 2 shafts
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range	1,120 km (600 nmi)
Complement	6 officers, 19 sailors
Crew	25
Sensors and processing systems	Navigation radar Atlas Elektronik, I-band
Armament	1 × 40 mm/70 Bofors automatic cannon 2 × 12.7 mm Browning machine guns
Notes	Mine laying capability

Introduction

The minesweeper Kalev was a vessel in the Estonian Navy Mineships Division and also the first modernized Frauenlob-class minesweeper. At the beginning of 2004 the, Kalev was discharged from service and transferred to the Estonian Maritime Museum.

History

The EML Kalev (M414) was built in West Germany, in the Krögerwerft shipyard in Rendsburg. The vessel was launched on 25 August 1966 and entered service on 16 June 1967. It was one of ten ships of class 394 with the home port of Neustadt in Holstein. The German Navy decommissioned five of these ships in 1995; Minerva (Kalev) and her sister Diana (Olev) were given to the Estonian Navy to operate. At the handing over ceremony the vessel received the Estonian name Kalev. The third sister Undine was handed over to the Estonian Navy in 2001 as Vaindlo. In 2004 the Estonian Navy decommissioned the ships and Kalev was handed to the Estonian Maritime Museum in Tallinn.

See also

• Baltic Naval Squadron

External links

• Estonian Navy