Turunmaa class gunboat

Turunmaa class gunboat

The Turunmaa class fast gunboats (Finnish: "Turunmaa"-luokan tykkivene) was a type of vessel, previously operated by the Finnish Navy in the ASW and trade protection roles. Internationally they were labeled as corvettes.__TOC__

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, and the CODOG 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.FNS "Karjala" has been berthed since 2002 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.

Vessels of the class

;FNS Turunmaa (03);FNS Karjala (04)

External links

* [http://www.turunsanomat.fi/verkkolehti/?ts=1,4:2:0:0,4:2:1:1:2002-05-14,4:106563,1:0:0:0:0: Turun Sanomat newspaper archive]
* [http://www.mil.fi/ajankohtaista/tiedotteet/arkisto/2002/20020510_1011_1.dsp The Finnish Navy's announcement of FNS Karjala's pending museum ship status]
* [http://www.mtv3.fi/matkailu/arkisto.shtml?81666 MTV3.fi's news article from 2001]
* [http://www.forum-marinum.fi/english/laivoja.php?id=20 Corvette Karjala] @ Forum Marinum
* [http://www.gn113.com/english/turunmaa.htm GN113 Warbird Consulting Ltd] Current owner of Turunmaa. Includes pictures.


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