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Re: Finnish Navy

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Good for You mate , don't blame you , after all they were YOUR working ethics after all said and done. 8-)
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Brian James
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Built c1914...Finnish converted Paddle-Wheel Auxiliary Gunboat FNS Karhumäki pictured at Petrozavodsk (on lake Onega),June 1943.
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Finland's "big" minelayer............ ;) DFO
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Finnish Navy,Hamina Class Missile Fast Attack Craft FNS Tornio with sister ship FNS Pori,the Hamina FACs are based at Upinniemi, and form the 7th Surface Warfare Squadron.The vessels were built in the late 1990s, early 2000s, and are the fourth generation of Finnish Missile Craft,all four ships were built at Aker Finnyards in Rauma.Modernization of the four Hamina-Class ships began in 2018 and will complete in 2021, The MLU programme will enable the Haminas to continue their service into the mid 2030's.The Hamina class have the latest in surveillance and weapons technology all integrated into an intelligent command system. A Hamina Class vessel can monitor about 120 miles of air space and it's Umkhonto surface-to-air missile system can simultaneously engage a maximum of eight aircraft, up to 8.7 miles away, while the vessel's anti-ship missiles have a range in excess of over 160 miles.
The Hamina Class' primary weaponry is four RBS-15 Mk.3 anti-ship missiles. The vessels are further equipped with a Bofors 57 mm gun against surface and aerial targets as well as the Umkhonto-IR surface-to-air missiles, MASS decoy system and two 12.7 mm heavy machine guns. It is also possible to use the ships for mine-laying.
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Re: Finnish Navy

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A Finnish gunboat; small but heavily armed and fast........... :)

Specs (WIKI):

"Name: Turunmaa class
Operators: Finnish Navy
Built: 1963–1968
In service: 1969–2002
Completed: 2

General characteristics

Type: Corvette
Displacement: 700 tons (+100 with later modifications)
1,350 tons (full load)

Length: 74 m (243 ft)
Beam: 7.8 m (26 ft)
Draught: 3 m (10 ft)
Propulsion: 3 × MTU; 2,200 kW (3,000 hp). Each driving one propeller.
1 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM1a gas turbine; 16,000 kW (21,000 hp), driving pump-jet

Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) (diesel cruising)
37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) (gas-turbine)

Range: 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi)
Complement: 70 (30 officers, 40 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems: Simrad hull-mounted sonar
WM22 missile control
Argo intercept EW

Armament: 1 × Bofors 120 mm/46 TAK DP
2 × Bofors 40 mm/70
2 × twin ZU-23-2 (modified naval version)
2 × RBU-1200 anti-submarine rocket launchers
2 × depth charge racks
Mine-laying capability"

DFO
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Finnish Minelayer Ruotsinsalmi,May 18th 1942.
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Finnish Navy Coastal Defence Ship Väinämöinen pictured in July 1941.
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Some closeups of her, including the open breech of one of her 10"......... :) DFO
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Finnish Navy sister ships, Väinämöinen Class Coastal Defence Ships Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen, pictured c1939...4 ×10 inch/45 cal Bofors guns (2 × 2)
8 × 4 inch/50 cal Bofors DP guns (4 × 2)
4 × 40 mm/40 cal Vickers AA guns (4 × 1)
2 × 20 mm/60 cal Madsen AA guns (2 × 1)
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Lead Ship, Finnish Navy Minelayer FNS Hämeenmaa pictured with Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS Kearsarge, Baltic Sea, May 2022.
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