EML ''Tasuja'' (A432) was a
diving
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* Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes
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vessel built in 1977. She served in the
Danish Navy
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as KDM ''Lindormen'' until 2004. Handed over to the
Estonian Navy
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With only six commissioned ships and displacement well under 10,000 tonnes, the Estonian navy is one of the smallest navies in the world. Its sh ...
, she was commissioned as EML ''Tasuja'' in the
Mineships Division until 2016.
History
''Lindormen'' was the first of two similar minelaying ships built at the
Svendborg Skibsværft shipyard for the
Danish Navy
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. She was
launched on 7 June 1977 as
KDM ''Lindormen'' ( en, The Dragon). After fitting out, she entered service a year later on 14 June 1978.
''Lindormen'' was refitted at Søby Værft (shipyard), Denmark, in 2001. Decommissioned in 2004, she was handed over to the
Estonian Navy
The Estonian Navy ( et, Merevägi) are the unified naval forces among the Estonian Defence Forces.
With only six commissioned ships and displacement well under 10,000 tonnes, the Estonian navy is one of the smallest navies in the world. Its sh ...
. She was renamed
EML ''Tasuja'' and served as a tender and utility vessel for the young navy.
[ Her sister ship, KDM ''Lossen'' ( en, Lynx), was also donated by Denmark two years later in 2006, but not directly to the Estonian Navy. The ex-''Lossen'' began serving with the Estonian Maritime Academy as a civilian training vessel named: MS ''Kristiina'', for new marine officers.
EML ''Tasuja'' was used on active duty as the naval diving vessel of the Estonian Mineships Division, while her sister ship was held in reserve and used for training. On 1 November 2016, after 10-years of active duty, the Merevägi decommissioned ''Tasuja''. Shortly thereafter they took her sister ship (in Danish service: ''Lossen'', then Estonian ''Kristiina'') out of reserve and commissioned her into active duty as as her replacement.
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Ship's crest
The coat of arms for ''Tasuja'' was presented at a ceremony on 12 April 2006.[http://mil.ee/?menu=merevagi&sisu=tasuja ENS Tasuja (A432)]Estonian Navy
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With only six commissioned ships and displacement well under 10,000 tonnes, the Estonian navy is one of the smallest navies in the world. Its sh ...
vessels ''Tasuja'' role during the Estonian War of Independence
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. The ship's Latin
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motto was ''"More Maiorum"'' ( en, As our forefathers). The coat of arms was designed by Priit Herodes
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From 2000 to 2006, Herodes was the chairman of the Estonian Heritage Society and is currently a member of their board.
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. On 8 July 2006 a contract was signed between the vessel and Kunda city council, giving ''Tasuja'' the right to wear the Kunda town coat of arms and to engage in promotion of the city in all foreign harbours across the world.
See also
* BALTRON project
* (A230)
References
External links
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Lindormen-class minelayers
EML Tasuja (A432)
EML ''Tasuja'' (A432) was a diving vessel built in 1977. She served in the Danish Navy as KDM ''Lindormen'' until 2004. Handed over to the Estonian Navy, she was commissioned as EML ''Tasuja'' in the Mineships Division until 2016.
History
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1977 ships
Ships built in Svendborg