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FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

COASTAL FORCES

VMV3 motor launch (1930)

Names	VMV3
Builders	Ares & Suortti, Helsinki: VMV3
Commissioned	11/1930: VMV3
Losses	VMV3 (1931, internal explosion)
Transfers	none
Discarding	none

Displacement standard, t
Displacement full, t	30
Length, m	24.6
Breadth, m	4.20
Draught, m	1.10
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Ares petrol engines
Power, h. p.	900
Max speed, kts	23.3
Fuel, t	petrol
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 7.9/79
Complement	8

Project history: Built in Finland, wooden-hulled.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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