EML Olev (M415) is a Frauenlob-class minelayer of the Estonian Navy Mineships Division.

EML Olev M415 In Noblessner Harbor, July 2022
History
Germany
NameDiana
OperatorGerman Navy
BuilderKrögerwerft Rendsburg Germany
Launched13 December 1966
Commissioned21 September 1967
Decommissioned16 February 1995
FateDonated to Estonia
Estonia
NameOlev
OperatorEstonian Navy
Acquired5 September 1997
Decommissioned2005
FateWaiting to be scrapped in Noblessner Sea port
General characteristics
Class and typeFrauenlob-class minelayer
Displacement246 tons full
Length37.9.1 m
Beam8.2 m
Draught2.4 m
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts propulsors
  • diesel drives
  • 2 MTU MB 12V 493 TY70 diesel drives
Speed12 knots
Range1,120 km (600 nmi; 700 mi)
Complement6 officers, 19 sailors
Crew25
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Navigation radar
  • Atlas Elektronik, I-band
Armament
Notes
  • Mine counter measures equipment:
  • 2 × ECA PAP 104 Mk.5 remotely controlled submarines (ROV) with explosives
  • contact-sweeper
  • Mines laying capability

Introduction

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The minelayer Olev is a vessel of the Estonian Navy Mineships Division and also the third modernized Frauenlob class minelayer. In 2003, a cooperation contract was signed between the Paldiski city council and the minelayer Olev which gave the vessel a right to wear the Paldiski town coat of arms and to introduce the city in all foreign harbors across the world.

History

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The Olev (M415) was built in West-Germany, in a Krögerwerft shipyard in Rendsburg. The vessel was launched on 13 December 1966, and she entered service a year later on 21 September 1967. The German Navy decommissioned Diana and two of her twin sisters Minerva and Undine in late 1990s and gave the vessels to the Estonian Navy to operate. On the ceremony the vessel received an Estonian name Olev.[1] Olev was decommissioned in 2005 and sold in 2008. She then sat "abandoned" in Tallinn Seaplane Harbor till she was towed to Noblessner, where its superstructure got a new coat of paint. She is currently sitting in Noblessner Harbor.

 
Olev in Stockholm 1999

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