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Pohjanmaa class Corvette

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Units (4):

FNS Pohjanmaa
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Specifications:

Builder: Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC), Rauma, Finland

Displacement: 4300 tons
Length: 117 meters (383 feet 10 in)
Beam: 16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draft: 5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Speed: 26 knots (48 km/h)
Range: 3500 NM (6500 km)
Complement: 70

Propulsion:
Combined Diesel-Electric and Gas (CODLAG)
1 x General Electric LM2500 gas turbine
4 x MAN 12V175D diesel generators (1920 kW, each)
total output: 28 MW (38000 hp)
2 x Electric motors
2 shafts / 2 propellers / bow thruster

Armament:
Mk.41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) - 8 cells
for up to 32
RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSM)

8 x IAI Gabriel V Anti-ship Missiles (SSM)

1 x Bofors 57/L70 Mk.3 gun

2 x SAAB Trackfire Remote Weapon Station (RWS)

torpedo tubes for SAAB Torped 47 torpedoes

Systems:
Saab 9LV combat management system (CMS)
Saab Lightweight Integrated Mast (SLIM)
Saab Sea Giraffe 4A FF AESA 3D radar
Saab Sea Giraffe 1X short-range 3D radar
2 x Saab Ceros 200 fire control directors
Dual-tow Patria Sonac DTS sonar
Kongsberg SS2030 hull-mounted sonar
Kongsberg SD9500 sonar
Rheinmetall TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System)

Aviation:
flight deck and hangar for 1 helicopter

Ships:

The Pohjanmaa class is a series of four multi-role corvettes currently under construction for the Finnish Navy as part of the Squadron 2020 (Finnish: Laivue 2020) project.

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Finnish Navy press release
Keel of the first Pohjanmaa-class corvette was laid
Publication date 11.4.2024 13.00

The building of the first multi-purpose corvette included in the Squadron 2020 project has advanced to the keel laying phase. A traditional keel laying ceremony was celebrated at Rauma shipyard on Thursday 11 April 2024.

The laying of the keel represents an important milestone in the construction of the Squadron 2020 multi-purpose corvettes. The first block is now laid on the shipyard’s building bucks. This achieved, the vessel starts to be constructed around this keel block as other blocks get connected to one another.

The building of this multi-purpose corvette has advanced at a good pace according to plans since the construction work kicked off in late October 2023. Keel laying is a traditional ceremony celebrating the advancement of ship building work. In keeping with traditions, the event involves the placing of so-called keel coins under the keel.

Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) and its subsidiary RMC Defence Oy are building four Pohjanmaa-class multi-purpose corvettes for the Navy designed for the range of circumstances of the Baltic Sea. Through all the four seasons, the corvettes will be capable of laying sea mines, conducting anti-submarine operations, securing sea lines of communication and achieving sustained presence at sea. The Defence Forces Logistics Command is the commissioning unit in the Finnish Defence Forces. In its entirety, the Squadron 2020 project will be completed by 2029.

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