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VETEHINEN submarines (1930-1931)


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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, t600 / 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, m75


Standard scale images


<i>Vetehinen</i> 1940
Vetehinen 1940


Graphics


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


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.