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|Ship image=Lindau-Klasse.jpg
|Ship caption=Museum ship M1077 ''Weilheim''
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|Builders=Burmester Werft, [[Bremen]]
|Operators=*{{Navy|Germany}}
*{{Navy|South Africa}}
*{{Navy|Estonia}}
*{{Navy|Lithuania}}
*{{Navy|Latvia}}
*{{Navy|Georgia|name=Coast Guard of Georgia}}
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|In commission range= 1957&ndash;present
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|Total ships preserved= 2
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|Ship type=[[Coastal minehunter]]
|Ship displacement= {{Convert|470|t|LT|0}}
|Ship length= {{Convert|47.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion= MWM Maybach (Deutz) Diesel engine
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|Ship complement= 43-44 (5 officers)
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*Hull-mounted DSQS-11 mine-detection sonar ''or'' Plessey 193M
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Type 320 '''''Lindau''-class minehunters''' was a class of German coastal [[minehunter]]s built as part of the first [[German Navy|FRG naval program]]. 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]]. Several went into service with the [[Estonian Navy|Estonian]] and [[Military of Lithuania|Lithuanian Navy]], as well as the [[Latvian Naval Forces]]. ''Flensburg'' and ''Weilheim'' became museum pieces.

Starting in 1970, 11 vessels of this class were upgraded to Type 331 {{sclass|Fulda|minehunter|2}}s. Beginning 1979, the six remaining vessels of this class were upgraded to Type 351 ''Ulm'' class. They were replaced by the Type 352 {{sclass|Ensdorf|minesweeper}}s.

Six of the Type 351s were sold to the [[South African Navy]] in 2001. The remaining five ships were sold by the South African Navy to a private owner in 2009 for conversion into pleasure vessels.

Tubingen was sold in 1997 to Italian industrialist [[Gian Carlo Bussei]] and converted to a yacht flagged out of Malta. [https://www.worldofinteriors.com/story/gian-carlo-bussei-minehunter]

==Ship list==
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![[Pennant number|Pennant<br/>number]]
!Name
!Service
!Upgrade
!Notes
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| M1072 || ''Lindau''    || 1 February 1958&ndash;1975 || Type 331 ||  To Estonian Navy 2000. Renamed {{Ship|EML|Sulev|M312|2}}.
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| M1070 || ''Göttingen'' || 1 April 1957&ndash;1976 || Type 331 ||  To Latvian Navy 2000. Used as spares hulk.
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| M1071 || ''Koblenz''   || 6 May 1957&ndash;1975 || Type 331 ||  To Lithuanian Navy 1999. Renamed {{Ship|LKL|Sūduvis|M52|2}}. Now a museum ship.
|-
| M1075 || ''Wetzlar''   || 24 June 1957&ndash;1976 || Type 331 ||
|- 
| M1074 || ''Tübingen''  || 12 August 1957&ndash;1975 || Type 331 || converted to private yacht,Gibraltar flag, retains most of original appearance including navy grey paint (except white top on funnel) 
|-
| M1073 || ''Schleswig'' || 2 October 1957&ndash;1979 || Type 351 || To South African Navy 2001. Renamed SAS ''Tshwane''
|-
| M1076 || ''Paderborn'' || 4 February 1957&ndash;1979 || Type 351 || To South African Navy 2001. Renamed SAS ''Mangaung''
|-
| M1077 || ''Weilheim''  || 5 December 1958&ndash;1976 || Type 331 || On display at the Deutsches Marine Museum, [[Wilhelmshaven]]
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| M1078 || ''Cuxhaven''  || 11 March 1958&ndash;1976 || Type 331 || To Estonian Navy 2000. Renamed {{Ship|EML|Wambola|M311|2}}
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| M1079 || ''Düren''     || 12 June 1958&ndash;1979 || Type 351 || To South African Navy 2001. Renamed SAS ''Kapa''
|-
| M1080 || ''Marburg''   || 4 August 1958&ndash;1976 || Type 331 || To Lithuanian Navy 2000. Renamed {{Ship|LKL|Kursis|M51|2}}.
|-
| M1081 || ''Konstanz''  || 30 August 1958&ndash;1980 || Type 351 || To South African Navy 2001. Used as spares hulk. Expended as target by two [[Exocet]] MM40 missiles from SA Navy frigates {{Ship|SAS|Amatola|F145|2}} and {{Ship|SAS|Isandlwana|F146|2}} during Exercise Red Lion on 1 November 2007 about {{convert|90|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of [[Saldanha Bay]], South Africa.
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| M1082 || ''Wolfsburg'' || 10 December 1958&ndash;1979 || Type 351 || To South African Navy 2001. Renamed SAS ''Tekwini''
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| M1083 || ''Ulm''       || 10 February 1959&ndash;1978 || Type 351 || To South African Navy 2001. Used as spares hulk.
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| M1084 || ''Flensburg'' || 7 April 1959&ndash;1970 || Type 331 || [[Museum ship]]
|-
| M1085 || ''Minden''    || 9 June 1959&ndash;1975 || Type 331 || To [[Coast Guard of Georgia]] 1998. Renamed ''Ayety'' (აეტი)
|-
| M1086 || ''Fulda''     || 19 August 1959&ndash; || Type 331 ||
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| M1087 || ''Völkingen'' || 20 October 1959&ndash;1976 || Type 331 || To Latvian Navy 2000. Renamed LVNS ''Namejs''
|}

==See also==
* {{sclass2|Tripartite|minehunter|1}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/lindau_class.htm Lindau class] &mdash; Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk

{{Lindau class minesweeper}}
{{Ship classes of the Deutsche Marine}}

[[Category:Lindau-class minesweepers| ]]