Hämeenmaa 1940
Hämeenmaa 1942
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Hämeenmaa (ex-Wulf, ex-������� [Pingvin]) | Kone-ja-Silta, Helsinki | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 // 1920 | stricken 1953 | ||
Uusimaa (ex-Bär, ex-������ [Golub`]) | Kone-ja-Silta, Helsinki | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 // 1920 | stricken 1953 |
Displacement
normal, t 406 Displacement
full, t Length, m 52.0 Breadth, m 7.50 Draught, m 3.40 No of shafts 2 Machinery 2 VTE, 3 boilers Power, h. p. 1400 Max speed, kts 15 Fuel, t coal 100 Armament 2 x 1 - 102/60
(ru), 1 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk II Complement 55
530
Endurance, nm(kts)
700(15)
Project history: Former Russian patrols of Golub' class. Class consisted from six ships, incomplete to the revolution beginning. During German occupation of Finland in 1918 they all were captured by German troops and in 1920 after minesweeping in East Baltic returned to Finns. Golub` and Pingvin were commissioned by Finnish Navy and rated as gunboats. Remaining ships (Bekas, Kulik, Chibis, Strizh) in 1920 were sold to Chile.
Modernizations: late 1930s, both: armament was fully replaced by 2 x 1 - 105/42 SK C/32, 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen.
Naval service: After war both ship were used as minesweepers in Gulf of Finland, sold 1953 for BU.
Uusimaa
Uusimaa
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