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FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

KATANPÄÄ mine countermeasures ships (2012-2016)

Katanpää 2015

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Katanpää 40   Intermarine, Sarzana, Italy 4.7.2007 16.6.2009 4.5.2012 in service (2019)
Purunpää 41   Intermarine, Sarzana, Italy 3.2008 26.8.2010 20.8.2013 in service (2019)
Vahterpää 42   Intermarine, Sarzana, Italy 2.2009 3.11.2011 2.11.2016 in service (2019)

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

680

Length, m

52.4

Breadth, m

9.90

Draught, m

3.10

No of shafts

2 vertical cycloidal propellers

Machinery

2 MTU 8V396 TE74K diesels

Power, h. p.

2720

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1600(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 315, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, Sea Fox, Double Eagle Mk 2, REMUS 100, Hugin 1000MR USVs

Electronic equipment Furuno radar, MSP-500 e/o system, HMS-12M, Klein 5000 sonars, IMCMS CCS

Complement

38

Project history: Based on the Italian Gaeta class. Planned building of third unit in Finland was cancelled and transferred to Italy. GRP hull, electric motors are used while minehunting.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Katanpää 2014

© Ivan Gogin, 2019