EML Wambola (A433)

EML Wambola (A433) at quay 6 in Miinisadam Tallinn 6 November 2016
History
Denmark
Name: KDM Lossen (N44)
Operator: Danish Navy
Ordered: 1973
Builder: Svendborg Skibsværft
Laid down: 9 June 1977
Launched: 9 September 1977
Commissioned: 14 June 1978
Decommissioned: 22 October 2004
Homeport: Sønderborg Harbour
Identification: Call sign: OVKI
Notes: Sold to Estonia
Estonia
Operator: Estonian Maritime Academy
Acquired: 4 July 2006
Renamed: Kristiina
Homeport: Seaplane Harbour
Notes: Handed over to Estonian Navy
 
Operator: Estonian Navy
Acquired: 10 September 2009
Recommissioned: 1 November 2016
Renamed: EML Wambola (A433)
Refit: 2016
Homeport: Mine Harbour, Tallinn, Harju County
Identification:
Motto: Ad Unquem (English: Forever)
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type: Lindormen-class minelayer
Displacement: 577 tons full
Length: 44.5 m (146 ft 0 in)
Beam: 9.0 m (29 ft 6 in)
Height: 21 m (68 ft 11 in)
Draught: 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × MTU diesel engines (1600 kW)
  • 2 adjustable propellers
Speed: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 2
Troops: 36
Complement: 29 (including 5 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • navigation radar
  • 2 × Litton Decca E, I-band
Armament: 4 × Browning M2
Notes: Also equipped with 2 cranes.[1]

EML Wambola (A433) is a Lindormen-class command and support vessel of the Estonian Navy and belongs into the Naval Flotilla. The commanding officer of the vessel is Lieutenant Senior Grade Tanel Kangro.

History

KDM Lossen (English: Lynx) was built in Denmark by Svendborg Ship Yard Ltd as a minelayer. Her crest was prepared by the Navy's Heraldic Working Group at the request of the Chief of the Navy and approved by H. M. Queen on December 1, 1976.[2] The vessel was laid down on 9 June 1977 and launched on 9 September 1977. It entered service a year later on 14 June 1978 and made part of the 2. Minelayer Division. In 1982, it was made available to STANAVFORCHAN for command and support duties. Lossen participated as a command ship in the exercise Blue Harrier between 12 and 22 April 1988.[3] The Danish Navy decommissioned Lossen on 22 October 2004[4] and sold the vessel to Estonian Maritime Academy on 4 July 2006. The ship was renamed Kristiina and it was intended to be used as a training vessel.[5] However, due to shortcomings in funding, the vessel was handed over to the Estonian Navy on 10 September 2009.[6] The ship was renamed Wambola on 14 May 2010[7] and left in reserve. It was modernized in the first half of 2016[8] and commissioned to replace EML Tasuja (A432) on 1 November 2016, with first lieutenant Ermo Jeedas becoming its commander.[9] EML Wambola took up the role of flagship of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 between 8 February 2017 and 29 June 2017.[10][1] On 31 August 2017, Lieutenant Senior Grade Tanel Kangro became its new commander.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "EML Wambola". mil.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  2. ↑ Bjerg, Hans Christian (2012). DANSK ORLOGSHERALDIK: SØVÆRNETS OG MARINEHJEMMEVÆRNETS VÅBENSKJOLDE 1959-2010 (PDF) (in Danish). Statens Forsvarshistoriske Museum i samarbejdet med Søværnets Operative Kommando Marinehjemmeværnet. p. 113. ISBN 8789022688.
  3. ↑ "Søværnsorientering" (PDF) (in Danish) (10/88). Søværnskommandoen. 1988-06-13: 1–3.
  4. ↑ Olsen, Gunnar; Storgaard, Svenn (1998). Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995 (in Danish). Marinehistorisk selskab. ISBN 87-87720-13-2.
  5. ↑ "XI Riigikogu stenogramm VI istungjärk Esmaspäev, 12. oktoober 2009, kell 15:00". stenogrammid.riigikogu.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  6. ↑ "Riigivara tasuta üleandmine". www.riigiteataja.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  7. ↑ Konso, Kalev (2011). Eesti Mereväe sümboolika kataloog 1993–2011 (in Estonian). Kaitseväe Ühendatud Õppeasutused. ISBN 9789985951385.
  8. ↑ "Leping NSPA-ga EML Wambola moderniseerimiseks". www.src.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  9. ↑ "Estonian navy commissions diver, support vessel Wambola". www.leta.lv. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  10. ↑ "All Hands on Deck!". www.nspa.nato.int. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  11. ↑ "Mereväe staabilaeva Wambola uus komandör on Tanel Kangro". www.err.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2018-01-23.
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