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FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

KUHA 1 inshore minesweepers (1974-1975)

Kuha 1 1980

Kuha 1 2010

Names

21 Kuha 1

22 Kuha 2

23 Kuha 3

24 Kuha 4

25 Kuha 5

26 Kuha 6

Builders

Laivateollisuus, Turku: 21-26

Completed

1974: 21, 22

1975: 23-26

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

2012: 22, 25

2013: 21

in service (2019): 23, 24, 26

 

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

90

Length, m

26.6

Breadth, m

6.90

Draught, m

2.00

No of shafts

2 outboard-drive

Machinery

2 Cummins NT-380M diesels

Power, h. p.

600

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 2 - 23/87 Sako, 1 x 1 - 12.7/79, Type F-82 magnetic or mechanical or acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment Decca radar, control equipment for Kiiski drone minesweeper
Complement 14

Project history: GRP hull, plans for 8 additional units were canceled. Engines are flexibly mounted, drive rudder/propellers through hydrostatic transmissions.

Modernizations: 1997, Kuha 1; 1998, Kuha 2-4; 1999, Kuha 5; 2000, Kuha 6: lengthened (31.7x6.90x2.00m, 125t full load); - Type F-82 magnetic minesweeping gear; + AMS magnetic minesweeping gear, Seabat 6012 sonar

Naval service: No significant events.

Kuha 22 1979

Kuha 21 2001

© Ivan Gogin, 2019