When was the navy that was donated the LKL "Kursis" (M51) by Germany established?
LKL Kuršis (M51) LKL "Kursis" (M51) is a minehunter of the Lithuanian Naval Force. Built in West Germany in 1958 as "Marburg" (M1080), a "Lindau"-class (or Type 320) minesweeper for the German Navy, she was upgraded to a Type 331 minehunter in the 1970s. Germany donated "Marburg" in 2001 to the Lithuanian Naval Force, which renamed the ship "Kursis". The vessel augmented the Squadron of Mine-hunters, which had been established in 1999 with the similar donation of sister ship "Koblenz", which became "Sūduvis" (M52) .
German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran The German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran" (HSK-8) was a "Kriegsmarine" (German navy) merchant raider of World War II. Originally the merchant vessel Steiermark", the ship was acquired by the navy following the outbreak of war for conversion into a raider. Administered under the designation "Schiff 41", to the Allied navies she was known as "Raider G." The largest merchant raider operated by Germany during World War II, "Kormoran" was responsible for the destruction of 10 merchant vessels and the capture of an 11th during her year-long career in the Atlantic and Indian oceans.