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EML ''Admiral Pitka'' (A230) was a Beskytteren-class ocean patrol vessel and former flagship of the Estonian Navy, belonging into the Mineships Division. She was named for Estonian Admiral Johan Pitka. ==History== As ''HDMS Beskytteren'' (F340) the ship, an improved version of the Hvidbjørnen class patrol vessel, was laid down at the Aalborg Shipyard, in Aalborg, Denmark on 15 December 1974. She was launched on 29 May 1975 and entered service a year later on 27 February 1976.〔Moore 1979, p. 126.〕 The Danish Navy decommissioned ''Beskytteren'' in 2000 and donated the vessel to the Estonian Navy. The Estonian flag was hoisted on the ship that was built in Aalborg, Denmark on the anniversary of the Estonian Navy, 21 November 2000. The 75-meter frigate was at the time the biggest vessel of the Navy. The EML ''Admiral Pitka'' served more than once as command ship with the joint Baltic mine countermeasures squadron BALTRON and NATO's mine countermeasures group. Defence Chief Maj. Gen. Riho Terras said in his remarks at the retirement ceremony that the ''Admiral Pitka'' was the first unit of the Defence Forces to begin service under the NATO flag only a year after Estonia's accession to the alliance. The flagship of the Estonian Navy, the ''Admiral Pitka'', was retired on Thursday, 13 June, 2013, and the symbolic title of flagship will pass on to the mine-hunter EML ''Admiral Cowan'' (M313). Navy Chief Captain Sten Sepper handed the vessel's flags and symbols over to the naval school that from now on has a classroom named after Admiral Pitka, military spokespeople said. The vessel that was received from Denmark as a gift was to be given back to Denmark,〔Estonian Review, 07-13 June, 2013; http://www.vm.ee/?q=en/node/17455〕 but Danes declined and the vessel was scrapped in 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Admiral Pitka seadmeid hakatakse kasutama meremeeste väljaõppeks )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「EML Admiral Pitka (A230)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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