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FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

auxiliary minelayers of WWII

more than 1000 BRT

Name

Launched // Comm.

Builder

Tonnage, BRT

Dimensions, m

(length pp)

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate

Baltic 11.12.1897 // 1939 Koch, Lübeck, Germany 1096 61.4x10.0x 10.5 1 VTE 1x1-75/48, 60 mines returned 1945

100 - 1000 BRT

Frei (1900, 561, 1 - 75/48, 50 mines, 1939 - 1945), Poseidon (1899, 804, 1 - 75/48, 60 mines, 1939 - 1945), Suomi (1910, 659, 1 - 75/48, 60 mines, 1939 - 1945)

Project history: Former merchant vessels converted to minelayers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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