EML Vaindlo

EML Vaindlo (M416)
History
Germany
Name	Undine
Operator	German Navy
Builder	Rendsburg Germany
Launched	16 May 1966
Commissioned	1967
Decommissioned	2002
Fate	Donated to Estonia 2002
Estonia
Name	Vaindlo
Operator	Estonian Navy
Acquired	4 February 2003
Commissioned	2003
Decommissioned	2005
Motto	Memento
Fate	Scrapped in 2017
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General characteristics
Class and type
Displacement	246 tons full
Length	37.9.1 m
Beam	8.2 m
Draught	2.4 m
Propulsion	2 shafts propulsors diesel drives 2 MTU MB 12V 493 TY70 diesel drives
Speed	12 knots
Range	1,120 km (600 nmi; 700 mi)
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 MG gun
Notes	Mine counter measures equipment: 2 × ECA PAP 104 Mk.5 remotely controlled submarines (ROV) with explosives contact-sweeper Mines laying capability

EML Vaindlo (M416) was a minelayer of the Estonian Navy and belonged into the Estonian Navy Mineships Division.

Introduction[]

The minelayer Vaindlo is a vessel of the Estonian Navy Mineships Division and also the second modernized Frauenlob class minelayer. A silver star cross represents the light tower on the coat of arms of the vessel. The light tower also symbolizes the international connections between Estonia and her allies. The Red Saint George remembers the fallen British sailors in 1721, whose memorial plate is situated at Vaindloo island. The star cross is placed on Vihula´s municipality coat of arms and combined with the golden and silver lines they represent the ancient Estonian agriculture. The ship's motto is in Latin "Memento" which means in English "Remember". The coat of arms was designed by Priit Herodes. In 2003 a cooperation contract was signed between the Kunda city council and the minelayer Vaindlo which gave the vessel a right to wear the Kunda town coat of arms and to introduce the city in all foreign harbors across the world.

History[]

EML Vaindlo (M416) was built in West-Germany, at the shipyard in Rendsburg for the Bundesmarine as Undine. The vessel was launched on the 16 May 1966 and entered service a year later in 1967. The German Navy decommissioned her in 2002 and gave the ship to the Estonian Navy who renamed her Vaindlo. She was broken up at Tallinn in September 2017.^[1]

See also[]

• BALTRON project
• EML Kalev (M414)
• EML Olev (M415)

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External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to M416 Vaindlo (ship, 1967).

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• Estonian Navy