The Type 332 ''Frankenthal''-class minehunter is a

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of German

minehunter A minehunter is a naval vessel that seeks, detects, and destroys individual naval mines. Minesweepers, on the other hand, clear mined areas as a whole, without prior detection of mines. A vessel that combines both of these roles is known as a ...

s. The ships are built of non-magnetic steel. Hull, machinery and superstructure of this class is similar to the original Type 343 , but the equipment differs. Slightly modified ''Frankenthal''-class minehunters are also operated by the Turkish Navy, where they are referred to as the . In the beginning of 2019, the Indonesian Navy ordered two minehunters based on a modified ''Frankenthal''-class with a length of 62 metres.

List of ships

All active German ships are currently stationed in

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at the

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. M1058, M1059, M1062, M1065 and M1069 are part of the ''3. Minensuchgeschwader'' (3. mine sweeper squadron). The others belong to ''5. Minensuchgeschwader''. M1060 ''Weiden'' was sold to

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

in 2006. As the German Navy closed the naval base at Olpenitz, all ships were relocated to

and their squadrons incorporated into the ''Einsatzflottille 1'' (Flotilla 1).

Incidents

On 21 February 2007, ''Grömitz'' ran onto a reef in the Floro fjord while on tour in western Norway and remained stranded in a spectacular way until being salvaged. In October 2018, the Iranian-backed Yemeni rebel group Ansar Allah released a video which included images that confirmed it sank one of the UAE Navy's Frankenthal class mine-countermeasures vessels in July 2017 in Al-Mukha. The video identified the vessel as ''Al-Qasnah'' and said it was attacked on 29 July 2017, which corresponds to a claim it made at the time that it had attacked an Emirati warship with a "suitable weapon".Houthi Rebels In Yemen Attacked Another UAE Ship and That's All We Know For Certain
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Gallery

File:Minenjagdboot Grömitz.JPG, M1064 ''Grömitz'' File:M1063.JPG, M1063 ''Bad Bevensen'' at the Kiel Week 2007 File:Minenjagddrohne Pinguin.jpg, A ''Pinguin B3'' mine-hunting ROV

References

External links

naval-technology.com
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