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FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

COASTAL FORCES

S62 motor torpedo boats

S117 1944

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
S62   12855 Lürssen, Vegesack, Germany   1941 9.1941 // --- transfer cancelled 9.1944
S64   12857 Lürssen, Vegesack, Germany   1941 11.1941 // --- transfer cancelled 9.1944
S99   12899 Lürssen, Vegesack, Germany   1943 4.1943 // --- transfer cancelled 9.1944
S117   1017 Schlichting, Travemünde, Germany   13.6.1942 8.1942 // --- transfer cancelled 9.1944

 

Displacement standard, t

92.5 - 96

Displacement full, t

112 - 115

Length, m

34.9

Breadth, m

5.28

Draught, m

1.67

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Daimler-Benz MB511 diesels

Power, h. p.

7500

Max speed, kts

41

Fuel, t

diesel oil 13.5

Endurance, nm(kts) 700(35)
Armour, mm S117: CT: 12 - 10

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/56 FlaK 28 or 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30 or 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 1 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38 or 1 x 3 - 15/84, 2 - 533 TT (4), 2 DCR (6), 6 mines

Complement

31

Project history: In April, 1944 the agreement with Germany about transfer in late August of the same year of four MTBs (S62, 64, 99 and 117) has been reached, but Soviet-Finnish armistice 4.9.1944 has hindered it.

Ship protection: S117 had armoured CT and bridge.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stoehr for additional information on this page.

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