Ahven class minesweeper

Class overview

Name:	Ahven
Preceded by:	"A-class" minesweepers
Succeeded by:	Kuha-class
Completed:	6
General characteristics
Type:	minesweeper
Displacement:	17 tons
Length:	17.2 m (56 ft)
Beam:	3.7 m (12 ft)
Draught:	1.3 m (4 ft 3 in)
Propulsion:	60 hp (45 kW)
Speed:	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h)
Complement:	8
Armament:	1 × 20 mm Madsen 6 mines
Notes:	Ships in class include: Ahven 1, Ahven 2, Ahven 3, Ahven 4, Ahven 5, Ahven 6

The Ahven class minesweepers (English: Perch) was a series of six minesweepers of the Finnish Navy. The ships were constructed in 1937 at the Turun veneveistämö shipyard and saw service during World War II.

The ships were later used as starting point for the design of the Kuha-class minesweeper (1941). The Ahven class was scrapped in 1961.

Vessels of the class

Ahven 1, Ahven
Ahven 2, Kiiski
Ahven 3, Muikku
Ahven 4, Särki
Ahven 5, Kuore
Ahven 6, Lahna

Finnish naval ship classes of World War II

Coastal defence ships

Väinämöinen class
- Väinämöinen
- Ilmarinen

Sisu class
Isku^S
Syöksy class
Hurja class
Jymy class
Taisto class
Captured Soviet motor torpedo boats
- D-3 class
- G-5 class

Minesweepers

Patrol boats

Other

Auxiliary gunboats	Viena Aunus

Auxiliary minelayers	Baltic Frej Poseidon Suomi

S: Single ship of class

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