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Uusimaa

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Hämeenmaa (ex-Wulf, ex-Пингвин [Pingvin])			Kone-ja-Silta, Helsinki	1916	1917	1918 // 1920	stricken 1953
Uusimaa (ex-Bär, ex-Голубь [Golub`])			Kone-ja-Silta, Helsinki	1916	1917	1918 // 1920	stricken 1953

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	406
Displacement full, t	530
Length, m	52.0
Breadth, m	7.50
Draught, m	3.40
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 3 boilers
Power, h. p.	1400
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	coal 100
Endurance, nm(kts)	700(15)
Armament	2 x 1 - 102/60 (ru), 1 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk II
Complement	55

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Project history

Former Russian patrols of Golub' class. Class consisted from six ships, incomplete to the revolution beginning. During German occupation of Finland in 1918 they all were captured by German troops and in 1920 after minesweeping in East Baltic returned to Finns. Golub` and Pingvin were commissioned by Finnish Navy and rated as gunboats. Remaining ships (Bekas, Kulik, Chibis, Strizh) in 1920 were sold to Chile.

Modernizations

late 1930s, both: armament was fully replaced by 2 x 1 - 105/42 SK C/32, 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen.

Naval service

After war both ship were used as minesweepers in Gulf of Finland, sold 1953 for BU.