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FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

TORPEDO SHIPS

C1 torpedo boats (1903/1918)

C1 1918

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
C1 (ex-¹215 [No215])     Nevskiy Wks, St. Petersburg, Russia 1901 1902 12.1903 // 4.1918 BU 1922
C2 (ex-¹216 [No216])     Nevskiy Wks, St. Petersburg, Russia 1901 1902 12.1903 // 4.1918 BU 1922
C3 (ex-¹217 [No217])     Nevskiy Wks, St. Petersburg, Russia 1901 1902 12.1903 // 4.1918 BU 1922
C4 (ex-¹219 [No219])   1523 Crichton, Abo, Russia 10.1901 29.4.1903 12.1903 // 4.1918 BU 1922

 

Displacement normal, t

152

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

45.1

Breadth, m

4.65

Draught, m

2.67

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Normand boilers

Power, h. p.

3700

Max speed, kts

29

Fuel, t

coal 30

Endurance, nm(kts) 450(12)

Armament

2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss

Complement

28

Project history: ex-Russian torpedo boats, converted to dispatch vessels. They were abandoned by Russians in April 1918 and seized by Finnish troops.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: All 4 boats had to be returned to Russia in 1922 but were sold to Finland for scrap in situ.

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