Type 320 Lindau-class minesweepers was a class of German

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 coastal mine warfare vessels built as part of the first FRG naval program

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. 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

German Navy

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. Several went into service with the Estonian

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 and Lithuanian Navy

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, as well as the Latvian Naval Forces

Latvian Naval Forces

Latvian Naval Forces is a branch of the National Armed Forces tasked with conducting military and rescue operations at sea. Today, they are fully operational and successfully perform all the tasks entrusted to them. The NF perform mine and explosive sweeping on the Baltic Sea, as well as search...

. Flensburg and Weilheim became museum pieces.

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

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

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 in 2001. The remaining five ships were sold by the South Arfican Navy to a private owner in 2009 for conversion into pleasure vessels.

Ship list

Pennant number Pennant number In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...	Name	Service	Upgrade	Notes
M1072	Lindau	1 February 1958–1975	Type 331	To Estonian Navy 2000. Renamed .
M1070	Göttingen	1 April 1957–1976	Type 331	To Latvian Navy 2000. Used as spares hulk.
M1071	Koblenz	6 May 1957–1975	Type 331	To Lithuanian Navy 1999. Renamed .
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
M1076	Paderborn	4 February 1957–1979	Type 351	To South African Navy 2001. Renamed SAS Mangaung
M1077	Weilheim	5 December 1958–1976	Type 331	On display at the Deutsches Marine Museum, Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshaven is a coastal town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the western side of the Jade Bight, a bay of the North Sea.-History:...
M1078	Cuxhaven	11 March 1958–1976	Type 331	To Estonian Navy 2000. Renamed
M1079	Düren	12 June 1958–1979	Type 351	To South African Navy 2001. Renamed SAS Kapa
M1080	Marburg	4 August 1958–1976	Type 331	To Lithuanian Navy 2000. Renamed .
M1081	Konstanz	30 August 1958–1980	Type 351	To South African Navy 2001. Used as spares hulk. Expended as target by two Exocet Exocet The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. Hundreds were fired in combat during the 1980s.-Etymology:...  MM40 missiles from SA Navy frigates and during Exercise Red Lion on November 1, 2007 about 90 km west of Saldanha Bay Saldanha Bay Saldanha Bay is a natural harbour on the south-western coast of South Africa, north west of Cape Town. The town that developed on the northern shore of the bay, also called Saldanha, was incorporated with five other towns into the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality in 2000. The current population of... , South Africa.
M1082	Wolfsburg	10 December 1958–1979	Type 351	To South African Navy 2001. Renamed SAS Tekwini
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	Museum ship Museum ship A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational or memorial purposes...
M1085	Minden	9 June 1959–1975	Type 331	To Coast Guard of Georgia 1998. Renamed Ayety (აეტი)
M1086	Fulda	19 August 1959–	Type 331
M1087	Völkingen	20 October 1959–1976	Type 331	To Latvian Navy 2000. Renamed LVNS Nemejs

External links

• Lindau class — Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk