KDM Lossen (English: Lynx) was built in Denmark by Svendborg Ship Yard Ltd. as a minelayer.

[3] The Danish Navy decommissioned KDM Lossen on 22 October 2004[4] and sold the vessel to the Estonian Maritime Academy on 4 July 2006.

[5] However, due to shortfalls in funding, the Maritime Academy handed the vessel over to the Estonian Navy on 10 September 2009.

[citation needed] Wambola was modernized in the first half of 2016[8] and commissioned to replace EML Tasuja (A432) on 1 November 2016, with (Lt.

[9] EML Wambola took up the role of flagship of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 between 8 February 2017 and 29 June 2017.