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FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

T15 minelaying boats (1914/1918)

T15 1918

Names

T15 (ex-M.1 (Теплоход №1 [Teplokhod No1])), 1936- Paukku

T16 (ex-M.5 (Теплоход №5 [Teplokhod No5])), 1936- Lieska

T21 (ex-M.4 (Теплоход №4 [Teplokhod No4])), 1936- Loimu

Builders

Crichton, St. Petersburg, Russia: T15, 16, 21

Completed

6/1914 // 4-5/1918: T15, 16, 21

Losses

Paukku (14.11.1941), Lieska (4.11.1943)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1945: Loimu

 

 

Displacement normal, t

34

Displacement full, t

60

Length, m

20.7

Breadth, m

5.00

Draught, m

1.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Bolinder semi-diesels

Power, h. p.

60

Max speed, kts

7.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil 0.9

Endurance, nm(kts) 420(5)

Armament

1 x 1 - 7.6/94, 30 mines

Complement 8

Project history: Former Russian small minelayers. All in 1918 were captured by Finns: No1 and 4 13.5.1918 at Borgo; No5 6 21.4.1918 at Helsingfors.

Modernizations: 1930s, some boats: - 1 x 1 - 7.6/94; + 1 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen.

Naval service: No significant events.

T21 Loimu

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