The Type 333 Kulmbach class is a class of five German Navy ships. Built as Type 343 Hameln class minesweepers, they have been upgraded to minehunters using Seefuchs expendable drones to detonate detected naval mines.
List of ships PennantnumberNameCallsigncommissioneddecommissionedM1091Kulmbach DRFU May 23, 1990 March 31, 2012M1095ÜberherrnDRFS September 19, 1989 June 30, 2016M1096Passau DRFJ December 18, 1990 September 27, 2013M1097Laboe DRFK December 7, 1989 March 28, 2012M1099Herten DRFP March 26, 1991 June 30, 2016 Notes: The listed commission dates are from their original commission as Type 343 boats since they were not formally recommissioned after their upgrade to Type 333 mine hunters.
The ships currently belong to the 3. Minensuchgeschwader (3rd Minesweeping Squadron) based in Kiel at the Baltic Sea.
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