MATTI KURKI frigate (1946/1962)

Matti Kurki 1965

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Matti Kurki (ex-Porlock Bay)		302	Hill, Bristol, UK	11/1944	14.6.1945	3.1946 // 19.4.1962	sold 9.1975

Displacement standard, t

1600

Displacement full, t

2420

Length, m

87.2 pp 93.7 oa

Breadth, m

11.8

Draught, m

3.89 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

19.5

Fuel, t

oil 730

Endurance, nm(kts)

7000(15)

Armament

2 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (50)

Electronic equipment

2x type 282, type 271 or type 291, type 285, type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

Complement

177

Project history: Former British Bay class frigate, used for training.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Matti Kurki 1972

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stoehr for additional information on this page.

FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

ESCORTS

MATTI KURKI frigate (1946/1962)

Displacement standard, t	1600
Displacement full, t	2420
Length, m	87.2 pp 93.7 oa
Breadth, m	11.8
Draught, m	3.89 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	5500
Max speed, kts	19.5
Fuel, t	oil 730
Endurance, nm(kts)	7000(15)
Armament	2 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (50)
Electronic equipment	2x type 282, type 271 or type 291, type 285, type 293 radars, type 144 sonar
Complement	177