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colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/56px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="56" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/84px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/112px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United Kingdom</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>HMS <i>Sandown</i> (M101)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operator</td><td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/VT_Group" title="VT Group">Vosper Thornycroft</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>16 April 1988</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sponsored by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Birgitte,_Duchess_of_Gloucester" title="Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester">The Duchess of Gloucester</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>9 June 1989</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>2005</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sold to Estonia</td></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Estonia.svg/44px-Naval_Jack_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Estonia.svg/66px-Naval_Jack_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Estonia.svg/88px-Naval_Jack_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="700" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">Estonia</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>EML <i>Admiral Cowan</i> (M313)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Cowan" title="Walter Cowan">Admiral Sir Walter Henry Cowan</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operator</td><td><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Navy" title="Estonian Navy">Estonian Navy</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>April 2007</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Motto</td><td><i>Ad Omnia Paratus</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Status</td><td>in active service, as of 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EML_Admiral_Cowan&action=edit">[update]</a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Badge</td><td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ENS_Cowan_vapp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/ENS_Cowan_vapp.jpg/80px-ENS_Cowan_vapp.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/ENS_Cowan_vapp.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="119" /></a></span></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Sandown_class_minehunter" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandown class minehunter"><i>Sandown</i> class minehunter</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>450 tons full</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>52.6 m (173 ft)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>10.5 m (34 ft)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 x <a href="/wiki/Paxman_(engines)" title="Paxman (engines)">Paxman</a> Valenta 6RPA200M diesels,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 x <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_plc" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolls-Royce plc">Rolls-Royce</a> (Perkins) CV8-250G drives</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 x <a href="/wiki/Combimac" title="Combimac">Combimac</a> electric motors (100 kWh)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 x <a href="/wiki/Voith-Schneider" class="mw-redirect" title="Voith-Schneider">Voith-Schneider</a> propulsors</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 x <a href="/wiki/Schottel_(company)" title="Schottel (company)">Schottel</a> bow thrusters</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) diesel</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph) electric</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>7 officers, 29 sailors</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Crew</td><td>36</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sensors and <br /> processing systems</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Plessey" title="Plessey">Plessey</a> Nautis M C2 system, later replaced by Thales M-CUBE</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Type 1007 navigation radar</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Thales 2093 hull mounted mine hunting sonar, later replaced by Thales 2193</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 x <a href="/wiki/ZU-23-2" title="ZU-23-2">ZU-23-2</a> 23 mm autocannon</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Browning_M2" class="mw-redirect" title="Browning M2">Browning</a> 12.7 mm machine guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 x <a href="/wiki/Rheinmetall_MG_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Rheinmetall MG 3">Rheinmetall MG 3</a> 7.62 mm machine guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Mine counter measures equipment:</i></li> <ul style="list-style: none"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Atlas_Elektronik" title="Atlas Elektronik">Atlas Elektronik</a> <a href="/wiki/Seafox_drone" title="Seafox drone">Seafox</a> MIDS</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Klein Marine Systems System 5000 side scan sonar</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/REMUS_(AUV)" class="mw-redirect" title="REMUS (AUV)">Remus 100 AUV</a></li> </ul> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>EML <i>Admiral Cowan</i> (M313)</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Sandown_class_minehunter" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandown class minehunter"><i>Sandown</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Minehunter" title="Minehunter">minehunter</a>. Formerly HMS <i>Sandown</i>, lead ship of her class of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>, she is now an <a href="/wiki/Estonian_Navy" title="Estonian Navy">Estonian Navy</a> ship. Renamed EML <i>Admiral Cowan</i>, she is the flagship of the Estonian Navy and part of the Estonian Navy's mine sweeping flotilla. <i>Admiral Cowan</i> is the lead vessel of the <a href="/wiki/Estonian_Mineships_Division" title="Estonian Mineships Division">Estonian Navy Mineships Division</a> and also the first of the three modernised <i>Sandown</i> class minehunters received. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=EML_Admiral_Cowan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>HMS <i>Sandown</i> was built by <a href="/wiki/VT_Group" title="VT Group">Vosper Thornycroft</a> and was <a href="/wiki/Keel_laying" title="Keel laying">laid down</a> at their <a href="/wiki/Woolston,_Southampton" title="Woolston, Southampton">Woolston, Southampton</a> shipyard on 2 February 1987 and was <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_ship_launching" title="Ceremonial ship launching">launched</a> on 18 April 1988 by the <a href="/wiki/Birgitte,_Duchess_of_Gloucester" title="Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester">Duchess of Gloucester</a>, as the lead ship of the 12-ship class of <i>Sandown</i> class minehunters. <i>Sandown</i> entered service a year later on 9 June 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-cf98p946_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cf98p946-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nn191p5_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nn191p5-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After commissioning, <i>Sandown</i> carried out an extensive programme of trials,<sup id="cite_ref-nn191p5_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nn191p5-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was not fully operational until December 1992, having suffered problems with her <a href="/wiki/Sonar" title="Sonar">sonar</a> outfit.<sup id="cite_ref-cf98p947_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cf98p947-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She participated in a number of operations in support of the British fleet, including operating as part of a <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>-led operation between 12 June - 26 August 1999, along with the <a href="/wiki/Hunt_class_MCMV" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunt class MCMV">Hunt class</a> <a href="/wiki/Mine_countermeasure_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Mine countermeasure vessel">Mine countermeasure vessel</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Atherstone_(M38)" title="HMS Atherstone (M38)">HMS <i>Atherstone</i></a> and the <a href="/wiki/Survey_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Survey ship">survey ship</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bulldog_(A317)" title="HMS Bulldog (A317)">HMS <i>Bulldog</i></a>. The operation was intended to clear the <a href="/wiki/Adriatic" class="mw-redirect" title="Adriatic">Adriatic</a> of bombs jettisoned during the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo campaign</a>. Together <i>Sandown</i> and <i>Atherstone</i> accounted for about 20% of the 93 bombs and missiles that were located and destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 January 2000 <i>Sandown</i> located the wreck of the sunken scallop dredger, the <i><a href="/wiki/Solway_Harvester" title="Solway Harvester">Solway Harvester</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Sandown</i> spent July 2002 on a <a href="/wiki/Exercise_Joint_Warrior" title="Exercise Joint Warrior">Joint Maritime Course</a>, after which she deployed to the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> to take part in the Argonaut 02 exercises, which lasted until Christmas. <i>Sandown</i> was also deployed as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Telic" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Telic">Operation Telic</a>, to clear mines in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>, and sweep passages into <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraqi</a> ports. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> decommissioned HMS <i>Sandown</i> and two of her sisters <a href="/wiki/EML_Ugandi" title="EML Ugandi"><i>Bridport</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Inverness_(M102)" title="HMS Inverness (M102)"><i>Inverness</i></a> in 2005 and, on 9 October 2006, sold the vessels to the <a href="/wiki/Estonian_Navy" title="Estonian Navy">Estonian Navy</a>. After refitting in <a href="/wiki/Rosyth" title="Rosyth">Rosyth</a>, <i>Sandown</i> was formally handed over to the <a href="/wiki/Estonian_Navy" title="Estonian Navy">Estonian Navy</a> in April 2007. Her new name comes from <a href="/wiki/Walter_Cowan" title="Walter Cowan">Admiral Sir Walter Henry Cowan</a> who led the <a href="/wiki/British_Campaign_in_the_Baltic_1918-19" class="mw-redirect" title="British Campaign in the Baltic 1918-19">British naval forces in the Baltic</a> in their intervention in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a>, providing naval support to Estonia during the <a href="/wiki/Estonian_War_of_Independence" title="Estonian War of Independence">Estonian War of Independence</a>. </p><p>Between July and December 2018, the ship went through a modernization programme at Babcock's Rosyth facilities. It was fitted with the Thales Sonar 2193 navigation system and Thales M-CUBE command and control system. Its composite hull and electrical systems received repairs and upgrades.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sister ships</a> <a href="/wiki/EML_Ugandi" title="EML Ugandi"><i>Ugandi</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Inverness_(M102)" title="HMS Inverness (M102)"><i>Sakala</i></a> will also be modernized for a total cost of around 30 million euros.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crest">Crest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=EML_Admiral_Cowan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Crest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The vessel's crest was presented by <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom">Queen Elizabeth II</a> on 20 October 2006 in <a href="/wiki/Tallinn" title="Tallinn">Tallinn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The crest is a red <a href="/wiki/Saltire" title="Saltire">saltire</a> <a href="/wiki/Cross" title="Cross">cross</a> on a silver <a href="/wiki/Shield" title="Shield">shield</a> and above, a red <a href="/wiki/Fleur_de_lys" class="mw-redirect" title="Fleur de lys">fleur de lys</a> (lily). The shield is placed into a blue ring which is surrounded by a golden ship's <a href="/wiki/Rope" title="Rope">rope</a>. The ship's crest is based on Walter Cowan's family arms. The ship's motto in <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> is: <i>Ad Omnia Paratus</i> - which in <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> means: "Prepared for Anything". The crest was designed by <a href="/wiki/Priit_Herodes" title="Priit Herodes">Priit Herodes</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=EML_Admiral_Cowan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BALTRON" class="mw-redirect" title="BALTRON">BALTRON project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Mineships_Division" title="Estonian Mineships Division">Mineships Division</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=EML_Admiral_Cowan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Armament as HMS <i>Sandown</i>: <ul><li>1 × <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_Contraves" class="mw-redirect" title="Oerlikon Contraves">Oerlikon</a> 30 mm KCB gun on DS-30B mount</li> <li>2 × 7.62 mm <a href="/wiki/L7_(machine_gun)" class="mw-redirect" title="L7 (machine gun)">L7 GPMG</a> machine guns</li> <li>Wallop Defence Systems Barricade Mk. III countermeasure launchers</li> <li>Irvin Aerospace Replica Decoy launchers</li></ul> </span></li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=EML_Admiral_Cowan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFLaanemets2013" class="citation magazine cs1">Laanemets, Ott (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://issuu.com/sodur/docs/so_dur_0413/30">"Sandwon-klassi miinijahtija"</a>. <i>Sõdur</i>. 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