Finnish frigate Uusimaa

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Career
Type: Frigate
Class Hämeenmaa class
(modified Riga class)
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned: 1964 (Finnish Navy)
Fate: Mothballed 1979, scrapped 1980
General Characteristics
Displacement: 1,260 tons
1,500 tons (full load)
Length: 91.5 m
Beam: 10.1 m
Draught: 3.24 m
Propulsion: steam turbines
14,900 kW
Speed: 28 knots
Range: 2 000 nm (15 knots)
Complement: 175
Armament: 3× 100 mm
2× 2×37 mm AA
2× 2×25 mm AA
2× Hedgehog ASW
1× 3×533 mm torpedo tubes


Uusimaa was a Finnish Riga class frigate. However the class was called the Hämeenmaa-class in Finland since the ship had some unique modifications (i.e. British submarine hunting equipment).

Uusimaa was in Finnish Navy service between 1964-1987. She was decommissioned in 1979 and cannibalized for spare parts for the Hämeenmaa.

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