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Monday, January 28, 2008

Second Sandown class minehunter delivered to Estonia

Today, Commodore Charles Stevenson, Commander of the Nordic region of the British Royal Navy, delivered the second Sandown class minehunter, ENS Sakala, to the Estonian Ministry of Defence.

In total, Estonia will buy three Sandown class vessels from Great Britain.

The Permanent Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defence, Mr. Lauri Almann, officially received the ENS Sakala at the ceremony, which took place at the Babcock shipyard in Rosyth, and the stern flag of a warship of the Estonian Navy, bow jack and pennant of the commander were hoisted on the vessel for the very first time.

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