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FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

COASTAL FORCES

H1 HYÖKY motor torpedo boats (1943)

Names

H1 Hyöky

H2 Hirmu

H3 Hurja

H 4 Hyrsky

H 5 Häijy

Builders

Baglietto, Varazze, Italy: H1 Hyöky; H2 Hirmu; H3 Hurja; H 4 Hyrsky; H 5 Häijy

Completed

1943: H1 Hyöky, H2 Hirmu, H3 Hurja, H 4 Hyrsky, H 5 Häijy

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1963: H1 Hyöky, H2 Hirmu, H3 Hurja, H 4 Hyrsky, H 5 Häijy

 

Displacement standard, t

20

Displacement full, t

?

Length, m

16.5

Breadth, m

4.30

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Isotta-Fraschini petrol engines / 2 Alfa Romeo cruising petrol engines

Power, h. p.

1600 / 100

Max speed, kts

36 / 6

Fuel, t

petrol 1.25

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94, 2 - 450 TT

Complement

11

Project history: Built by Baglietto under order of Finnish Navy. Wooden-hulled, arrived Finland in 1943.

Modernizations: 1945, all: were reclassified as motor gunboats with armament consisted of 2 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76.

Naval service: No significant events.

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