LKL Kuršis (M51) explained
LKL Kursis (M54) is a
minehunter of the
Lithuanian Naval Force. Built in
West Germany in 1958 as
Marburg (M1080), a (or Type 320) minesweeper for the
German Navy, she was upgraded to a Type 331 minehunter in the 1970s. Germany donated
Marburg in 2001 to the Lithuanian Naval Force, which renamed the ship
Kursis. The vessel augmented the Squadron of Mine-hunters, which had been established in 1999 with the similar donation of
sister ship Koblenz, which became .
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