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POHJANMAA minelayer (1979)


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Pohjanmaa 2001 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stoehr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Pohjanmaa 01 421 Wärtsilä, Helsinki 4.5.1978 28.8.1978 8.6.1979 stricken 2014


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1100

Displacement full, t1476
Length, m

78.3

Breadth, m

11.6

Draught, m

3.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Wärtsilä-Vaasa 16V22 diesels

Power, h. p.

5800

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)3500(17)
Armament

1 x 1 - 120/46 Bofors TAK, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350, 4 x 2 - 23/87 Sako, 2 x 5 RBU-1200 ASWRL, 2 DCR (12), 120 mines, helicopter deck

Electronic equipmentnav., DA-05, 9GA208, 9LV100 radars, 2x sonars, ECM suite, 2x Barricade decoy RL
Complement

80 + 70 cadets



Standard scale images


<i>Pohjanmaa </i>1980
Pohjanmaa 1980
<i>Pohjanmaa </i>2000
Pohjanmaa 2000


Graphics


<i>Pohjanmaa </i>2001 <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stoehr for additional information on this page.</i>
Pohjanmaa 2001 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stoehr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Minelayer and TS. Training facilities were fitted in portable containers mounted on the two internal mine rails and were easily removable if the ship was required for combat.

Modernizations

1992: - 2 x 2 - 23/87; + 2 x 1 - 12.7/79

1998: - 1 x 1 - 120/46, nav., 9LV100 radars; + 1 x 1 - 57/70 Bofors SAK-57 Mk 1, 2x Raytheon, Scout, 9LV220 radars

Naval service

No significant events.

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