Vasama class motor torpedo boat
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  Top:D 3 type MTB, bottom: G 5 type MTB |
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Vasama |
| Completed: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | motor torpedo boat |
| Displacement: | 35 tons (Vasama) 16 tons (Vihuri, Viima, V 3) |
| Length: | 21.7 m (Vasama) 19.3 m (Vihuri, Viima, V 3) |
| Beam: | 3.9 m (Vasama) 3.4 m (Vihuri, Viima, V 3) |
| Draught: | 0.8 m (Vasama) 0.7 m (Vihuri, Viima, V 3) |
| Speed: | 34 knots (Vasama) 50 knots (Vihuri, Viima, V 3) |
| Complement: | 11 (Vasama) 9 (Vihuri, Viima, V 3) |
| Armament: | Vasama: 2 × 450 mm torpedoes 1× 20 mm/60 Madsen 2× 12.7 mm machine guns later 1× 40 mm/60 Bofors 1× 20 mm/60 Madsen 2× 12.7 mm machine guns 4× depth charges Vihuri, Viima, V 3: 2× 530 mm torpedoes 1× 12.7 mm machine gun 2× depth charges |
| Notes: | Ships in class include: Vasama, Vihuri, Viima, V 3 |
The Vasama class motor torpedo boats was the combined name for two different types of Soviet motor torpedo boats, which had been captured by the Finnish Navy and taken into service. The vessels were taken into use between 1942 and 1944, and they saw service during World War II.
[edit] Vessels of the class
- Vasama
- Ex-TK 52 in Soviet service. She was a Soviet D 3 type motor torpedo boat. She was found sunk at Borstö in October 1941, having run aground in a storm. She probably had tried to escape the German attack on Hiiumaa and Saaremaa. She was used as a torpedo boat in 1943, and changed into a patrol boat in 1943.
- Vihuri
- Also known as V 1 in Finnish service and ex-TK 141 in Soviet service. She was found abandoned at Koivisto in 1941, but she wasn't taken into use until 1943. The Soviet G 5 type released its torpedoes by dropping them from rails in the aft. The ship then had to steer away from the torpedoes path, a maneuver that could be quite tricky in the close waters of the Gulf of Finland. Vihuri participated in the attack on the harbour of Lavansaari on November 18, 1942, where Syöksy managed to torpedo the Soviet gunboat Krasnoye Znamya (1,760 tons), which sunk.
- Viima
- Also known as V 2 in Finnish service, ex-TK 64 in Soviet service. The Viima was a Soviet G 5 type motor torpedo boat, built in aluminum. She was found abandoned at Koivisto in 1941, but she wasn't taken into use until 1943.
- V 3
- Ex-TK 51 in Soviet service. She was captured at the Bay of Vyborg in June 1944.
