LKL Sūduvis (M52) explained
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LKL Sūduvis (M52) is a
minehunter 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
sister ship Marburg, which became .
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