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FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

COASTAL FORCES

J1 JYLHÄ motor torpedo boats (1939/1943)

J1 Jylhä 1942

Names

J1 Jylhä (ex-MAS526)

J2 Jyry (ex-MAS527)

J3 Jyske (ex-MAS528)

J4 Jymy (ex-MAS529)

Builders

Baglietto, Varazze, Italy: J1 Jylhä, J2 Jyry, J3 Jyske, J4 Jymy

Completed

1939 // 6.1943: J1 Jylhä, J2 Jyry, J3 Jyske, J4 Jymy

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1961: J1 Jylhä, J2 Jyry, J3 Jyske, J4 Jymy

 

Displacement standard, t

22

Displacement full, t

25.2

Length, m

18.7

Breadth, m

4.60

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

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

Power, h. p.

2300 / 100

Max speed, kts

42 / 6

Fuel, t

petrol 1.25

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/65 Breda 1939, 1 x 1 - 13.2/76, 2 - 450 TT, 6 DC

Complement

10

Project history: Italian MTBs of Baglietto class 500. Wooden-hulled. In 1942 they were transferred by Italians to Ladoga lake. 5.6.1943 they were bought by Finns. Under peace treaty with the USSR these boats had TTs demounted and served later as patrols.

Modernizations: 1945, all: were reclassified as motor gunboats with armament consisted of 1 x 1 - 20/65 Breda, 1 x 1 - 13.2/76.

Naval service: No significant events.

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