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FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

A minesweeping boats (1916-1917/1918)

Names

A8

A9

A11 - 27

A29 - 45

MP1 - 5

Builders

Crichton, Abo, Russia: A8, 9, 11 - 27, 29 - 45, MP1 - 5

Completed

1916 - 1917 // 1918: A8, 9, 11 - 27, 29 - 45, MP1 - 5

Losses

none

Transfers

Russia, 1922: A22, 23, 25 - 27, 29 - 34, MP2 - 4

Discarding

before 1935: A8, 9, 13 - 18, 24, 35, 36

before 1945: A11, 12, 19 - 21, 37 - 42, 44, 45, MP1, 5

after 1945: A43

 

Displacement normal, t

9 - 20

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

15 - 19.8

Breadth, m

3.30 - 3.60

Draught, m

1.00 - 1.20

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 gasoline engine

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

8 - 12

Fuel, t

gasoline

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss or 1 x 1 - 7.6/94, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

 

Project history: ex-Russian minesweeping boats.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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