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Kuikka 1968

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
Koskelo Kuikka Kaakkuri Kiisla Kuovi Telkkä Kurki Tavi	Valmet, Helsinki: Koskelo, Kuikka, Kaakkuri, Kiisla, Kuovi, Telkkä, Kurki, Tavi	1956: Koskelo, Kuikka 1958-1960: Kaakkuri, Kiisla, Kuovi, Telkkä, Kurki, Tavi	none	none	1986: Koskelo, Kaakkuri, Kiisla, Kuovi 1987: Kuikka, Kurki, Tavi 1992: Telkkä

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	75
Displacement full, t	97
Length, m	29.0
Breadth, m	5.00
Draught, m	1.50
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Mercedes-Benz diesels
Power, h. p.	1000
Max speed, kts	16
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7
Electronic equipment	radar
Complement	8

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Project history

Steel hull, ice-strengthened. Usually carried only one Oerlikon.

Modernizations

1970, Telkkä; 1972-1974, Koskelo, Kuikka, Kaakkuri, Kiisla, Kuovi, Kurki, Tavi: diesels were replaced by 2 MTU (2700hp, 23kts), complement was 9 (Telkkä) or 11 (others); - 1 x 1 - 20/70; + ability to mount 1 40mm/60 Mk 7 gun on quarter-deck.

Naval service

Telkkä after modernization served as TS.