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FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

KAVE 1 landing craft (1956-1960)

Names

Kave 1 - 6

Builders

Haminan Konepaja Oy, Hamina: Kave 1

Hollming, Rauma: Kave 2 - 6

Completed

11/1956 - 12.1960: Kave 1 - 6

Losses

Kave 5 (15.12.1960)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1990: Kave 1 - 4, 6

 

Displacement standard, t

27

Displacement full, t

75

Length, m

18.0

Breadth, m

5.00

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Valmet diesels

Power, h. p.

360

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7

Military load ~40t of cargo

Electronic equipment

none

Complement

177

Project history: Small LCM craft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Kave 4 1961

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