Turunmaa class gunboat

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FNS Karjala
FNS Karjala
Class overview
Name: Turunmaa
Completed: 2
General characteristics
Type: Corvette
Displacement: 700 tons (+100 with later modifications)
1,350 tons (full load)
Length: 74 m
Beam: 7.8 m
Draught: 3 m
Propulsion: 3 × MTU; 2,200 kW. Each driving one propeller.
1 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM1a gas turbine; 16,000 kW, driving pum-jet
Speed: 17 knots (diesel cruising)
37 knots (gas-turbine)
Range: 5,000 nm
Complement: 70 (30 officers, 40 conscripts)
Sensors and
processing systems:		 Simrad hull-mounted sonar
WM22 missile control
Argo intercept EW
Armament: 1 × Bofors 120 mm/46 SAK DP
2 × Bofors 40 mm/70
2 × twin ZU-23-2 (modified naval version)
2 × RBU-1200 ASROC launchers
2 × depth charge racks
Mine-laying capability
Notes: Ships in class include:
FNS Turunmaa (03)
FNS Karjala (04)

The Turunmaa class fast gunboats (Finnish: Turunmaa-luokan tykkivene) are a type of vessels previously used by the Finnish Navy in the ASW and trade protection roles. Internationally they were labeled as corvettes.

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[edit] History

Development of the class started in 1963. Five hull designs and over thirty propulsion variants were looked at during development. At the time, the electronics of the vessels were state of the art and attracted international attention. Both vessels were built by Wärtsilä's Hietalahti shipyard in Helsinki. In 1985-86 both ships were refitted, with the entire fire-control and communications systems being updated. FNS Karjala is as of 2002 berthed at the maritime museum Forum Marinum in Turku as a museum ship next to Suomen Joutsen. FNS Turunmaa has been stripped of armaments and serves as a floating machine shop and training ship for Satakunta Polytechnics. Neither vessel is currently owned by the Finnish Navy.

The ships were ordered in 1963, launched in 1968, commissioned in 1969 and decommissioned in 2002.

[edit] Vessels of the class

FNS Turunmaa (03)
FNS Karjala (04)

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