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MATTI KURKI frigate (1946/1962)


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Matti Kurki 1972 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stoehr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Matti Kurki (ex-Porlock Bay)   302 Hill, Bristol, UK 11/1944 14.6.1945 3.1946 // 19.4.1962 sold 9.1975


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1600

Displacement full, t

2420

Length, m

87.2 pp 93.7 oa

Breadth, m

11.8

Draught, m

3.89 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

19.5

Fuel, t

oil 730

Endurance, nm(kts)

7000(15)

Armament

2 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (50)

Electronic equipment

2x type 282, type 271 or type 291, type 285, type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

Complement

177



Standard scale images


<i>Matti Kurki </i>1965
Matti Kurki 1965


Graphics


<i>Matti Kurki </i>1972 <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stoehr for additional information on this page.</i>
Matti Kurki 1972 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stoehr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Former British Bay class frigate, used for training.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stoehr for additional information on this page.