EML Tasuja (A432)

EML Tasuja (A432)
Career (DEN)
Name: Lindormen
Operator: Danish Navy
Builder: Svendborg Værft, Denmark
Laid down: 2 February 1977
Launched: 7 June 1977
Commissioned: 14 June 1978
Decommissioned: 22 October 2004
Fate: Sold to Estonia
Career (Estonia)
Name: Tasuja
Operator: Estonian Navy
Acquired: 12 April 2006
Motto: More Maiorum
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type:Lindormen class diving vessel
Displacement:577 tons full
Length:44.5 m
Beam:9.0 m
Height:21 m
Draught:2.9 m
Propulsion:2 1200 kW Frichs diesel-engines
800 Hps each
2 ea adjustable propellers
Speed:14 knots diesel
Troops:35
Complement:5 officers, 22 sailors
Crew:27
Sensors and
processing systems:		navigation radar
2 × Litton Decca E, I-band
Armament:2 × 12.7mm Browning Machine guns
Armour:steel
Notes:This class is specially designed to lay controlled minefields.
Limited fueling capability on the sea.

EML Tasuja (A432) is a Lindormen-class diving vessel of the Estonian Navy and belongs into the Estonian Navy Mineships Division. The commanding officer of the vessel is Lieutenant Senior Grade Gert Soomsalu.

History

The EML Tasuja (A432) was built in Denmark, in a Svendborg Værft shipyard in Denmark. The vessel was launched on 7 June 1977 and entered service a year later on 14 June 1978. The Danish Navy decommissioned Lindormen (English: The Dragon) in 2004 and donated the vessel to the Estonian Navy. Her sister ship Lossen was also donated and now serves with the Estonian Maritime Academy as a civilian training vessel for new marine officers. The coat of arms was presented on a ceremony on 12 April in 2006.[1][2] The Tasuja is currently used as the naval diving vessel of the Estonian Navy and the Mineships Division.

Ship's crest

A silver sword is in the center of the coat of arms of the vessel. The sword points to Tasuja's importance during the ancient Estonian Freedom Fight in the 13th century AD and also points to the historical Estonian Navy vessels Tasuja role during the Estonian War of Independence. The ships motto is in Latin "More Maiorum" which means in English "As our forefathers". The coat of arms was designed by Priit Herodes. On 8 July 2006 a cooperation contract was signed between the Kunda city council and the diving vessel Tasuja which gave the vessel a right to wear the Kunda town coat of arms and to engage in promotion of the city in all foreign harbors across the world.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://mil.ee/?menu=merevagi&sisu=tasuja ENS Tasuja (A432)
  2. ↑ http://www.navalhistory.dk/English/NavyNews/2006/0801_MinelayersToEstonia.htm Two former Minelayers sold to Estonia

External links

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