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FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

COASTAL FORCES

VMV5 motor launches (1931)

Names

VMV5, 6

Builders

Uudenkaupungin Veneveistämö: VMV5, 6

Commissioned

12/1931: VMV5, 6

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1960: VMV5, 6

 

Displacement standard, t

?

Displacement full, t

30

Length, m

24.6

Breadth, m

4.40

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Ares petrol engines / 1 Ares cruising petrol engine

Power, h. p.

900 / 140

Max speed, kts

24.6

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen

Complement

8

Project history: Built in Finland, wooden-hulled. Boats were built for coast guard and submitted to Ministry of Internal Affairs. Since beginning of war they were commissioned by Navy and armed (earlier they had only light MGs).

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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