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Valas 1998

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Valas	97, 2000s- 897		Hollming, Rauma			1979	stricken 2012
Mersu	98		Hollming, Rauma			1980	to Egypt 2013
Vahakari	121		Hollming, Rauma			1979-81	stricken 2012
Vaarlahti	222, 2000s- 722		Hollming, Rauma			1979-81	in service (2019)
Vänö	323, 2000s- 723		Hollming, Rauma			1979-81	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	100
Displacement full, t	275
Length, m	30.7
Breadth, m	8.10
Draught, m	3.40
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 Wärtsilä-Vasa 8R22 diesel
Power, h. p.	1580
Max speed, kts	12
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 2 - 23/87 Sako, 1 x 1 - 12.7/79, 28 small mines instead of cargo
Military load	35 t cargo or 150 passengers
Electronic equipment	Decca 1226 radar
Complement	11

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Project history

Small personnel transports and general-service tenders. Stern ramp for vehicle loading and minelaying.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Mersu served as diving tender and had no stern ramp.