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TURUNMAA corvettes (1968)


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Karjala 1978 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stoehr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Turunmaa 03 381 Wärtsilä, Helsinki 3/1967 11.7.1967 29.8.1968 stricken 1999
Karjala 04 382 Wärtsilä, Helsinki 3/1967 16.8.1967 21.10.1968 stricken 2001


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

650

Displacement normal, t

770

Length, m

70.0 wl 74.0 oa

Breadth, m

7.80

Draught, m

2.40

No of shafts

3

Machinery

CODOG: 1 Olympus TM3B gas turbine / 3 MTU diesels

Power, h. p.

16180 / 4050

Max speed, kts

35 / 17

Fuel, t

diesel oil 120

Endurance, nm(kts)2500(14)
Armament

1 x 1 - 120/46 Bofors TAK, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 315, 1 x 2 - 23/81 ZU-23-2, 2 x 5 RBU-1200 ASWRL, 2 DCR, 6 - 103 RFL

Electronic equipmentWM22, nav. radars, sonar
Complement

168



Standard scale images


<i>Turunmaa </i>1975
Turunmaa 1975


Graphics


<i>Karjala </i>1978 <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stoehr for additional information on this page.</i>
Karjala 1978 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stoehr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Engine exhausts taken astern either side of the quarterdeck to discharge as one 15m astern, thus providing an IR decoy and allowing the ships to steam at 12 kts without using the propellers. 103mm RF launchers were mounted on the main gun mount sides.

Modernizations

1978, both: + 9LV200 Mk 2 radar

1986, both: new sonar, ECM suite

Naval service

No significant events.

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