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FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

BVA minesweeping boats (1910/1918)

BVA 1918

Names

BVA (ex-Палаш [Palash])

BVB (ex-Пистолет [Pistolet])

BVC (ex-Пуля [Pulya])

BVD (ex-Шашка [Shashka])

Builders

Putilov Yd, St. Petersburg, Russia: BVA, BVB, BVC, BVD

Commissioned

1910 // 1918: BVA, BVB, BVC, BVD

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1935-1945: BVB, BVC, BVD

1946: BVA

 

Displacement normal, t

23.5

Displacement full, t

25

Length, m

22.2

Breadth, m

3.12

Draught, m

0.51

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 gasoline engines

Power, h. p.

200

Max speed, kts

14.5

Fuel, t

gasoline 1.7

Endurance, nm(kts)  
Armour, mm belt: 8, deck: 8, CT: 8

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/14 obr.1909g mountain gun, 1 x 1 - 7.6/94, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

12

 

Project history: Former Russian river armoured motor gunboats ("dispatch vessels"), captured by Finnish in 1918 and used later as minesweepers.

Ship protection: Bullet-proof.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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