LKL ''Sūduvis'' (M52) is a

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 ...

of the Lithuanian Naval Force. Built in West Germany in 1957 as ''Koblenz'' (M1071), a (or Type 320) minesweeper for the German Navy, she was upgraded to a Type 331 minehunter in the 1970s. Germany donated ''Koblenz'' to the Lithuanian Naval Force in 1999. The ship, renamed ''Sūduvis'', formed the nucleus of the Lithuanian Naval Force's Squadron of Mine-hunters, which was established on 22 June 1999. The squadron was augmented in 2001 with the similar donation of

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''Marburg'', which became .

References

* * Ships built in Bremen (state) 1957 ships Cold War minesweepers of Germany Lindau-class minesweepers of the Lithuanian Naval Force Minehunters of Lithuania {{mil-ship-stub