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FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

U201 (MERIUSKO) landing launches (1983-1992)

Names

U201-211

U301-313

U401-406

Builders

Alumina Varvet, Kokkola: U201-211, 301-313, 401-406

Completed

1983: U201, 202

1986: U203-211

1990: U301-313

1992: U401-406

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2019): U201-211, 301-313, 401-406

 

Displacement standard, t

8.5

Displacement full, t

10

Length, m

11.4

Breadth, m

3.50

Draught, m

0.90

No of shafts

2 waterjets

Machinery

2 Volvo TAMD70E diesels

Power, h. p.

600

Max speed, kts

36 light 30 loaded

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

none

Military load

48 troops

Electronic equipment

U201-211: none

U301-313, 401-406: radar

Complement

3

Project history: Assault boats. Small bow ramp. Aluminium hull. First two belong to Vietivisko class, others to Meriusko class.

Modernizations: 1990s, U201-211: + radar

Naval service: No significant events.

U405 2010

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