Ueckermünde (GS01) in Malta service as P30
Class overview
Builders	Peene-Werft, Wolgast
Operators	Volksmarine  German Navy Cape Verdean Coast Guard  Estonian Navy  Indonesian Navy Maritime Squadron AFM  Tunisian National Navy
Succeeded by	Protector class (Malta) Diciotti class (Malta)
Built	1967-1970
In commission	1967-present
Completed	21 4 modified
Active	2
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	339 tonnes (334 long tons)
Length	51.98 m (170 ft 6 in) o/a
Beam	7.12 m (23 ft 4 in)
Draft	2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	MD 40 diesel engines
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	1,900 nmi (3,500 km)
Complement	24
Armament	1 × 25 mm FlaK 2M-3 up to 28 mines or 20 depth charges

Eisleben (312)
Class overview
Builders	Peenewerft shipyard
Operators	Volksmarine  German Navy  Indonesian Navy  Latvian Naval Forces  National Navy of Uruguay
Succeeded by	Tripartite class (Latvia)
Built	1971-1973
In commission	1971-present
Completed	30 2 modified
Active	10
Lost	1
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	449 tonnes (442 long tons)
Length	59.52 m (195 ft 3 in) o/a
Beam	7.76 m (25 ft 6 in)
Draft	2.22 m (7 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	MD 40 diesel engines
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range	1,900 nmi (3,500 km)
Complement	29
Armament	3 × 25 mm FlaK 2M-3 up to 24 mines or 24 depth charges

The Project 89 minesweeper, also known as the Kondor class, was a class of minesweepers designed in the German Democratic Republic which was given the NATO designation of "Kondor". There were three versions, namely, the prototype unit, Project 89.0; the first version, Project 89.1 (NATO designation: Kondor I); and the second version, Project 89.2 (NATO designation: Kondor II).

Ships in class

Foreign service

Malta

The wreck of P29 (ex-Boltenhagen)

Two Kondor I vessels, Ueckermünde and Pasewalk, were sold to Malta in 1992, where they were given the pennant numbers P30 and P31. A third ship, Boltenhagen, was also sold in 1997 and it was given the pennant number P29. The three vessels served with the Offshore Command of the Maritime Squadron of the AFM until they were decommissioned in 2004 and were replaced by more modern patrol boats. P29 was scuttled as an artificial diving site off Ċirkewwa in 2007,^[2] while P31 followed being sunk off Comino in 2009.^[3] As of 2013, P30 was laid up at Cassar Ship Repair Yard, Marsa.^[4]

References

Further reading

• Hans Mehl, Knut Schäfer (2004). Die Seestreitkräfte der NVA (in German). Stuttgart: Motorbuchverlag. ISBN 3-61302406-3.
• ((East German Navy: German naval forces during the Cold War)), Volksmarine der DDR: Deutsche Seestreitkräfte im Kalten Krieg. 1999. by Friedrich Elchlepp, Walter Jablonsky, Fritz Minow, Manfred Röseberg. 360 pages. Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn, Hamburg-Berlin-Bonn. ISBN 3-8132-0587-8 paperback, ISBN 3-8132-0715-3 other. On page 231, "Verbleib der Schiffe und Boote nach Auflösung der VM" ((fate of ships after dissolution of the volksmarine)) ... Uruguay is listed as acquiring three Kondor-II class minesweepers.
• ((Ships and Boats of the East German Navy)), Schiffe und Boote der Volksmarine der DDR, by Manfred Röseberg, ISBN 3-935319-82-7, Ingo Koch Verlag Rostock, 2002
• ((The other German Navy)), Die andere deutsche Marine, by H.Mehl / K.Schäfer, Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-613-01675-3
• ((Military Tech series: Minesweepers and Ramming-ships)), Heft Minensuch- und Räumschiffe, Reihe Militärtechnische Hefte, by Bernd Oesterle, 1983, Militärverlag der DDR, Berlin

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kondor class.

• Projekt 89.1 MSR - Kurz Kondor 1 (in German)
• Minensuch- und Räumschiff Projekt 89.1 parow-info.de (in German)
• "Kondors" at Shipbucket.com