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

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Vesikko		707	Crichton-Vulcan, Aabo	8.1931	10.5.1933	4.1934	stricken 1947, preserved 1962

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	254
Displacement normal, t	? / 303
Length, m	40.9
Breadth, m	4.10
Draught, m	3.80
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 MAN diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	700 / 360
Max speed, kts	13.1 / 8.1
Fuel, t	diesel oil 9
Endurance, nm(kts)	1500(13) / 50(5)
Armament	1 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen, 5 - 450 TT (3 bow, 2 stern, 5)
Complement	19
Diving depth operational, m	90

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Project history

This submarine was built in Finland under German order (under confidential agreement between Governments of these countries) bypassing the Versailles Treaty. She was used for training of German submariners till January, 1936 when she was redeemed by Finland and commissioned as Vesikko. She was designed by German designers on the basis of WWI-time submarine of UB II type. Actually she was a prototype for German submarine of II series.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

According to Parisian peace treaty in 1947 she was stricken, but never broken up, and in 1962 converted to a monument on Island Suomenlinna nearby to Helsinki.



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