Vidar-class Minelayer
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The Vidar-class minelayers consists of the two ships, KNM Vidar (N52) and KNM Vale (N53) built by Mjellem & Karlsen in Bergen for the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1977 and 1978. Used as multi-role ships, the Vidar class were tasked with minelaying, personnel/cargo transport, fisheries protection, torpedo-recovery ships and as anti-submarine warfare escorts in Norwegian service. In 2003, Vale was transferred to the Latvian Navy via donation and renamed Virsaitis and used as a flagship and tender to patrol craft. In 2006, Vidar was transferred to the Lithuanian Navy and renamed Jotvingis and served as flagship and tender to mine countermeasures craft.
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- KNM Vidar (N52) - sold to Lithuania, renamed Jotvingis
- KNM Vale (N53) - sold to Latvia, renamed Virsaitis
