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FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

COASTAL FORCES

T1 TARMO motor torpedo boats (1943-1946)

Taisto 3 1965

Names

T1 Tarmo, 1945 - Taisto 1

T2 Taisto, 1945 - Taisto 2

T3 Tyrsky, 1945 - Taisto 3

T4 Tuima, 1945 - Taisto 4

T5 Tuisku, 1945 - Taisto 5

T6 Tuuli, 1945 - Taisto 6

T7 Taisto 7; T8 Taisto 8

Builders

Turun Veneveistämö, Aabo: T1 Tarmo, T2 Taisto, T3 Tyrsky, T4 Tuima, T5 Tuisku, T6 Tuuli, T7 Taisto 7, T8 Taisto 8

Completed

1943: T1 Tarmo, T2 Taisto, T3 Tyrsky, T4 Tuima, T5 Tuisku, T6 Tuuli

1946: T7 Taisto 7, T8 Taisto 8

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1964: Taisto 1, 2, 4 - 8

1977: Taisto 3

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

22

Length, m

17.8

Breadth, m

4.60

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Isotta-Fraschini petrol engines

Power, h. p.

2300

Max speed, kts

48

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

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

Complement

?

Project history: Built in Finland under Italian licence. Wooden-hulled.

Modernizations: 1945, all: were reclassified as motor gunboats with armament consisted of 1 x 1 - 40/60 Bofors M39, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76.

Naval service: No significant events.

Taisto 6

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