NAVYPEDIA

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

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Vetehinen		702	Crichton-Vulcan, Aabo	1926	1.6.1930	10.1930	stricken 1947
Vesihiisi		703	Crichton-Vulcan, Aabo	1926	1.8.1930	12.1930	stricken 1947
Iku-Turso		704	Crichton-Vulcan, Aabo	1927	5.5.1931	10.1931	stricken 1947

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	495
Displacement normal, t	600 / 716
Length, m	63.5
Breadth, m	6.10
Draught, m	3.50
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Atlas diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	1160 / 700
Max speed, kts	13.5 / 8.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil 20
Endurance, nm(kts)	1500(10) / 75(4)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/48 Bofors, 1 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen, 4 - 533 TT (bow, 4), 20 mines
Complement	29
Diving depth operational, m	75

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Project history

Design was developed on base of construction of WWI-time submarine of UB III type. They were projected by German designers and built in Finland. In the early thirties under secret agreement between Governments of Finland and Germany these boats were used for training of German submariners. Saddle-tank hulls.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

On conditions of Paris peace treaty of 1947 it was forbidden for Finland to have submarines, and all three boats of given class were stricken and broken up in 1953.



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