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Finnish Navy - Suomen Merivoimat
Turunmaa class Corvette / Gunboat
 
 
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05/24
Ships:
Unit STATUS
03 FNS Turunmaa commissioned in 1969 / decommissioned 2002 > private owner
04 FNS Karjala commissioned in 1969 / decommissioned 2002 > museum ship
 
Specifications:
 
Builder: Wärtsilä Hietalahti Shipyard, Helsinki, Finland
 
Displacement: 700 tons / later 800
Length: 74 meters (243 feet)
Beam: 7.8 m (26 ft)
Draft: 3 m (10 ft)
Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h) on diesels / 37 knots (69 km/h) on gas turbine
Range: 5000 NMI (9300 km)
Complement: 70

Propulsion:
3 x MTU diesel engines (3 x 2200 kW / 3000 hp) - driving 3 propellers
1 x Rolls-Royce Olympus TM1 gas turbine (16000 kW / 21000 hp) driving 1 waterjet

Armament (as built):
  
 1 x Bofors 120mm/L46 gun
   
2 x Bofors 40mm/L70 guns
2 x Sako 23mm/L87 twin AA gun (modified ZU-23-2)
2 x RBU-1200 ASROC launchers
  
 2 x depth charge racks
Systems:
Simrad hull sonar
 
Aviation:
none
  
 
The Turunmaa class fast gunboats (Finnish: Turunmaa-luokan tykkivene) was a type of vessel, previously operated by the Finnish Navy in the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and trade protection roles. Internationally they were labeled as corvettes.

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, and the propulsion system 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, and the entire fire-control and communications systems were updated.

Karjala has been berthed since 2002 at the maritime museum Forum Marinum in Turku as a museum ship next to Suomen Joutsen. Turunmaa was stripped of armaments and served as a floating machine shop and training ship for Satakunta Polytechnics.

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