Lindau class minesweeper

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Type 320 Lindau class minesweepers was a class of German coastal mine warfare vessels built as part of the first FRG naval program. The ships were made from non-metallic components and built by Burmester Bremen. None of these ships now remain in service with the German Navy. Several went into service with the Estonian and Latvian navies. The M1084 Flensburg and M1077 Weilheim became museum pieces.

Starting in 1970, 11 vessels of this class were upgraded to Type 331 Fulda class mine hunter. Beginning 1979, the six remaining vessels of this class were upgraded to Type 351 Ulm class. They were replaced by the Type 352 Ensdorf class minesweeper.

All six Type 351s were sold to the South African Navy in 2001.

[edit] Specifications

Length: 54.4m
Beam: 8.3m
Draft: 3.0m
Displacement: 470 tonnes
Speed 16.5 kts
Range 1360 km (850 miles)
Armament
- 1 Bofors 40 mm/70
Sensors
- Navigation radar
- Hull-mounted DSQS-11 mine-detection sonar or Plessey 193M

[edit] Ship list

Pennant number	Name	Service	Upgrade	Notes	Fate
M1072	Lindau	1 February 1958–1975	Type 331
M1070	Göttingen	1 April 1957–1976	Type 331
M1071	Koblenz	6 May 1957–1975	Type 331
M1075	Wetzlar	24 June 1957–1976	Type 331
M1074	Tübingen	12 August 1957–1975	Type 331
M1073	Schleswig	2 October 1957–1979	Type 351	To South African Navy 2001	Renamed SAS Tshwane (M1221)
M1076	Paderborn	4 February 1957–1979	Type 351	To South African Navy 2001	Renamed SAS Mangaung (M1222)
M1077	Weilheim	5 December 1958–1976	Type 331		in display of the "Deutsches Marine Museeum Wilhelmshaven" (german navy museum in Wilhelmshaven)
M1078	Cuxhaven	11 March 1958–1976	Type 331
M1079	Düren	12 June 1958–1979	Type 351	To South African Navy 2001	Renamed SAS Kapa (M1223)
M1080	Marburg	4 August 1958–1976	Type 331
M1081	Konstanz	30 August 1958–1980	Type 351	To South African Navy 2001	Used as spares hulk. Update: Expended as target by two Exocet MM40 surface to surface missiles fired from SA Navy frigates SAS Amatola and SAS Isandlwana during Exercise Red Lion on November 1, 2007 about 90km west of Saldanha Bay, South Africa.
M1082	Wolfsburg	10 December 1958–1979	Type 351	To South African Navy 2001	Renamed SAS Tekwini (M1225)
M1083	Ulm	10 February 1959–1978	Type 351	To South African Navy 2001	Used as spares hulk
M1084	Flensburg	7 April 1959–1970	Type 331
M1085	Minden	9 June 1959–1975	Type 331
M1086	Fulda	19 August 1959–	Type 331
M1087	Völkingen	20 October 1959–1976	Type 331