Finnish frigate Matti Kurki
- Finnish frigate Matti Kurki
Matti Kurki (ex-"HMS "Porlock Bay"", ex-HMS "Loch Muick", ex-HMS "Loch Seaforth") was a British-built Finnish sclass|Bay|frigate. She was constructed at Charles Hill & Sons, Ltd. in Bristol, UK. The HMS "Porlock Bay" was transferred to Finland on March 19, 1962, and was renamed "Matti Kurki" in Finnish Navy service, for the Finnish medieval military hero Matti Kurki (Mats Kurck). She was used as a school ship.
"Matti Kurki" made seven global circumnavigations. It is estimated some 1,500 Finnish cadets and conscripts served onboard her during her service in the Finnish navy. She was permanently anchored at Upinniemi after 1974, decommissioned, paid off and scrapped in Helsinki in 1975, Finland. She served as a training ship until 1975. After her scrapping, her school ship role was temporarily taken over by "Hämeenmaa" and "Keihässalmi", until the commissioning of "Pohjanmaa" in 1979.
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