Rauma class missile boat
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Rauma |
| Preceded by: | Helsinki class missile boats |
| Succeeded by: | Hamina class missile boats |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Active: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Fast attack craft |
| Displacement: | 248 tons |
| Length: | 48.5 m |
| Beam: | 8 m |
| Draught: | 1.5 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 × MTU 16V 538 TB93 diesels; 6600 kW. 2 × Riva Calzoni IRC 115 waterjets |
| Speed: | 34 knots |
| Complement: | 19 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Bofors Electronics 9LV-225 Combat Management System Saab Ceros-200 FCS Ericsson Sea Giraffe 9GA 208 Surface search radar Raytheon ARPA Navigation radar Simrad Subsea Toadfish sonar Finnyards Sonac/PTA towed array sonar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
Philax chaff and IR flairs EMS: Thales Matilda radar warning system 6 × 103 mm rails for rocket illuminants |
| Armament: | 1 × Bofors 40 mm/70 2 × NSV 12.7 mm machine guns 1 × sextuple Mistral SAM launcher (1 × Sako twin-barrel 23 mm/87 (modified ZU-23-2) can be fitted instead of missiles) 1 × portable Mistral SAM launcher pad (can be used from the ships deck, or from land) 6 × Saab RBS-15 Mk3 SSM 2 × Saab Elma ASW-600 9-tube ASW mortars Mine rails for tactical mines can be fitted instead of missiles |
| Notes: | Ships in class include: Rauma (70) Raahe (71) Porvoo (72) Naantali (73) |
The Rauma class missile boats (Finnish: Rauma-luokan ohjusvene) are a type of vessels in use by the Finnish Navy. It is the predecessor of the Hamina class missile boats. The ships were constructed at the Hollming yards and Finnyards in Rauma, Finland. All the ships have their home port in Pansio.
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[edit] Vessels
- FNS Rauma
- Pennant number: 70.
- Builder: Hollming.
- Ordered: August 27, 1987.
- Commissioned: October 18, 1990.
- Home base: Pansio.
- Current state: In active service.
- FNS Raahe
- Pennant number: 71.
- Builder: Hollming.
- Commissioned: August 20, 1991.
- Home base: Pansio.
- Current state: In active service.
- FNS Porvoo
- Pennant number: 72.
- Builder: Finnyards.
- Commissioned: April 27, 1992.
- Home base: Pansio.
- Current state: In active service.
- FNS Naantali
- Pennant number: 73.
- Builder: Finnyards.
- Commissioned: June 23, 1992.
- Home base: Pansio.
- Current state: In active service.
[edit] References
- Finnish Defence Forces. Retrieved on August 28, 2005.
- Aker Finnyards. Retrieved on August 28, 2005.
- FNS Rauma - Unofficial Website. Retrieved on August 28, 2005.
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