An item referred to the Revista Marittime dated November 1938 reporting that the Lithuanian navy consisted on that moment of 1-500 ton patrol vessel which was a former minesweeper.(1) At that moment was the building of a cruiser and a gunboat by Italian shipyards ordered.
Note
1. In 1937 purchased as the former German minesweeper M59 and commissioned as the training ship Prezidentas Smetona, seized by the Soviet Union on 15 June 1940, commissioned as the Kopan and sunk while striking a mine in January 1945.
Note
1. In 1937 purchased as the former German minesweeper M59 and commissioned as the training ship Prezidentas Smetona, seized by the Soviet Union on 15 June 1940, commissioned as the Kopan and sunk while striking a mine in January 1945.
