RUOTSINSALMI minelayers (1941)

Riilahti 1941

Ruotsinsalmi 1960

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Ruotsinsalmi		759	Crichton-Vulcan, Aabo	1938	5.1940	2.1941	stricken 1974
Riilahti		760	Crichton-Vulcan, Aabo	1938	1940	1941	sunk 23.8.1943

Displacement standard, t

310

Displacement full, t
?

Length, m

50.0

Breadth, m

7.90

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Rateau diesels

Power, h. p.

1120

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

Armament

1 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors M38, 2 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen, mechanical minesweeping gear, 100 mines

Complement

60

Project history: Successful multi-purpose minesweepers-minelayers, thanks to shallow draught could operate safely enough in areas with raised mine danger.

Modernizations: 1950s, Ruotsinsalmi: was rearmed with 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 100 mines, radar; diesels were replaced by 2 MAN (1200hp, 15kts)

Naval service: Riilahti S of Tiiskeri 23.8.1943 was attacked by three Soviet MTBs and sunk by torpedo from MTB No94.

Ruotsinsalmi

Ruotsinsalmi postwar

Ruotsinsalmi 1969

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stoehr for additional information on this page.

FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

RUOTSINSALMI minelayers (1941)

Displacement standard, t	310
Displacement full, t	?
Length, m	50.0
Breadth, m	7.90
Draught, m	1.50
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Rateau diesels
Power, h. p.	1120
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors M38, 2 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen, mechanical minesweeping gear, 100 mines
Complement	60