LOUHI minelayer (1916/1918)

Louhi 1940

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
M1 (ex-Воин [Voin]), 1936- Louhi			Kolomna S Yd, Russia	?	1916	1916 // 4.1918	sunk 12.1.1945

Displacement normal, t	640
Displacement full, t	776
Length, m	50.0
Breadth, m	8.00
Draught, m	2.70
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 3 boilers
Power, h. p.	800
Max speed, kts	12
Fuel, t	coal 50
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 150 mines
Complement	46

Project history: Former Russian minelayer Voin. At escape of Baltic fleet from Finland she was abandoned at Helsingfors where in 1918 was captured by Finns.

Modernizations: late 1930s: + 2 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk II, 1 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen.

Naval service: Louhi was lost 12.1.1945 off Hanko on a mine (possibly, German).

FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

LOUHI minelayer (1916/1918)