Tuima-class missile boat
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Tuima in 1983
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Class overview | |
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Name | Tuima-class missile boat |
Builders | Soviet Union |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Nuoli-class gunboats |
Succeeded by | Helsinki-class missile boats |
Completed | 4 |
Retired | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Fast attack craft |
Displacement | 250 tons |
Length | 38.6 m (126 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 7.7 m (25 ft 3 in) |
Height | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion | 3 × M504 B2 diesel engines, ordinary propeller propulsion; 11,190 kW (15,010 hp ) |
Speed |
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Complement | 25 |
Armament |
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The Tuima-class missile boat was a class of fast attack craft used as missile boats by the Finnish Navy.
The vessels were constructed in the Soviet Union and purchased by the Finnish Navy between 1974 and 1975. The vessels were similar to the Soviet Project 205U Tsunami-class missile boats, given the NATO reporting name Osa II.
All of the vessels were later modified into fast
The vessels of the class were decommissioned by 2000.
The Tuima class had three 56-cylinder radial diesel engines, each one producing 3,500
After decommissioning, the vessels were moored at Loviisa, and it was planned that one was to be transferred to the new Maritime Museum in Kotka. However, in October 2006, the Finnish Ministry of Defence stated that all four were to be sold to Egypt where they were refitted and taken into active service.[1]
Vessels of the class
- Tuima (11)
- Tuuli (12)
- Tuisku (14)
- Tyrsky (15)
References
- ^ "Loviisan sanomat article". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2007-07-13.