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) .
MV Empire Windrush HMT "Empire Windrush, originally MV "Monte Rosa, was a passenger liner and cruise ship launched in Germany in 1930. During the 1930s, she operated as a German cruise ship under the name "Monte Rosa". During World War II, she was operated by the German navy as a troopship. She was acquired by the United Kingdom as a prize of war at the end of the war and renamed "Empire Windrush". In British service, she continued to be used mainly as a troopship until March 1954, when the vessel caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of four crew.