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FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

COAST GUARD SHIPS AND CRAFT

KOSKELO coastal patrol craft (1955-1960)

Koskelo 1960

Names

Koskelo

Kuikka

Kaakkuri

Kiisla

Kuovi

Telkkä

Kurki

Tavi

Builders

Valmet, Helsinki: Koskelo, Kuikka, Kaakkuri, Kiisla, Kuovi, Telkkä, Kurki, Tavi

Completed

1956: Koskelo, Kuikka

1958-1960: Kaakkuri, Kiisla, Kuovi, Telkkä, Kurki, Tavi

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1986: Koskelo, Kaakkuri, Kiisla, Kuovi

1987: Kuikka, Kurki, Tavi

1992: Telkkä

 

Displacement standard, t

75

Displacement full, t

97

Length, m

29.0

Breadth, m

5.00

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Mercedes-Benz diesels

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7
Electronic equipment radar

Complement

8

Project history: Steel hull, ice-strengthened. Usually carried only one Oerlikon.

Modernizations: 1970, Telkkä; 1972-1974, Koskelo, Kuikka, Kaakkuri, Kiisla, Kuovi, Kurki, Tavi: diesels were replaced by 2 MTU (2700hp, 23kts), complement was 9 (Telkkä) or 11 (others); - 1 x 1 - 20/70; + ability to mount 1 40mm/60 Mk 7 gun on quarter-deck.

Naval service: Telkkä after modernization served as TS.

Kuikka 1968

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