HAMELN (M 1092)

Kieler Förde inbound, Laboe in background
German Minesweeper Class 352, TROIKA-MOD-Control-Vessel.
* 1990 Kröger Werft (Lürssen Group), Rendsburg
Comm.: 1990/07/17
Length: 54.4m Beam: 9.2m Draft: 2.5m
Displ.: 590ts
Converted from fast minesweeper to drone control vessel

SEEHUND 2 & 3 (TROIKA-PLUS-SYSTEM)

Kieler Förde outbound 2011/03/20

SEEHUND-type remote-control solenoid sweep
make up the TROIKA PLUS system -
Class of 18 ships
Built by MaK Kiel & Blohm+Voss, Hamburg 1980-1982
L: 26.9m B: 4.6m D: 1.4m
Displ.: 99 t 328 kW (446 PS) 9kn 3 Crew

German Navy

AUERBACH/OBERPFALZ (M 1093)
Kieler Förde 2009/11/16 Former Type 343 Hameln class minesweeper that has been upgraded with the TROIKA PLUS system to Ensdorf class
5. Minensuchgeschwader, Kiel
Commissioned: May 7, 1991
Builder: Lürssenwerft
Displacement: 650 tonnes
Length: 54.40 m Beam: 9.20 m Draft: 2.84 m Speed: 18 knots
Complement: 45Propulsion: 2 MTU 16V 538 TB91 diesel engines, 2240 kW each
Armament: 2 Bofors 40mm/L70 dual-purpose gun (to be upgraded to 2 Mauser MLG27 27 mm remote-controlled autocannons), Fliegerfaust 2 surface-to-air missiles (MANPADS), Mine-laying capabilities (60 mines)