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FINNISH NAVY (FINLAND)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

SM1 minesweeping boats (1939-1940)

Names

SM1 - 4

Builders

 

Commissioned

1939: SM1, 2

1940: SM3, 4

Losses

SM3 (5.10.1944)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1951 - 1954: SM1, 2, 4

 

Displacement standard, t

20

Displacement full, t

?

Length, m

18.0

Breadth, m

3.80

Draught, m

1.70

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Wickström engine

Power, h. p.

80

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

 

 

Project history: The Finnish-built minesweeping boats.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

SM3

 

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