MTV4 motor torpedo boats (1928-1929)

MTV4 1928

Names	MTV4, 1930s- Syöksy MTV5, 1930s- Nuoli MTV6, 1930s- Vinha MTV7, 1930s- Raju
Builders	Thornycroft, Woolston, UK: MTV4, 5 Porvoo: MTV6 Aabo: MTV7
Completed	1928: MTV4, 5 1929: MTV6, 7
Losses	Raju (16.5.1943)
Transfers	none
Discarding	1942: Nuoli 1944: Syöksy 1945: Vinha

Displacement standard, t

12

Displacement full, t

Length, m

16.8

Breadth, m

3.40

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Thornycroft Y12 petrol engines / 1 Thornycroft RA4 petrol engine for cruising

Power, h. p.

750 / 25

Max speed, kts

40

Fuel, t

petrol 1700 l

Endurance, nm(kts) 200(6)

Armament

1 x 1 - 7.6/94, 2 - 450 TT

Complement

7

Project history: Built in Britain and Finland, concerned to 55-ft type. Wooden-hulled.

Modernizations: 1943, all survived: + 1 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen, 3 mines.

1944, Vinha: - 2 - 450 TT

Naval service: No significant events.

FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

COASTAL FORCES

MTV4 motor torpedo boats (1928-1929)

Displacement standard, t	12
Displacement full, t
Length, m	16.8
Breadth, m	3.40
Draught, m	1.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Thornycroft Y12 petrol engines / 1 Thornycroft RA4 petrol engine for cruising
Power, h. p.	750 / 25
Max speed, kts	40
Fuel, t	petrol 1700 l
Endurance, nm(kts)	200(6)
Armament	1 x 1 - 7.6/94, 2 - 450 TT
Complement	7