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While the Finnish Navy [7] and the Ministry of Defence [10] refer to the new surface combatants as multi-role corvettes, several commentators [32] [33] have pointed out that by displacement the 4,300-tonne (4,200-long-ton) [2] vessels should be classified as frigates.
Uusimaa was a Finnish Riga-class frigate. However the class was called the Uusimaa-class in Finland since the ship had some unique modifications (i.e. British submarine hunting equipment). As the Finnish Navy had a manpower restriction after World War II, the navy suffered personnel shortages after the commissioning of the Turunmaa and Karjala.
A photo taken on December 28, 2024, in the Gulf of Finland, shows Cook Islands-flagged oil tanker Eagle S (right), next to a Finnish border guard ship and tugboat. - Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/AFP ...
This is a list of ships currently being operated by the Finnish Navy or entering service in the near future, as of September 2018. [1] In the case of a conflict, eight offshore patrol vessels, seven hovercraft and 81 coastal patrol boats from the Finnish Border Guard can be armed and transferred to the Navy.
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The Constellation-class multi-mission guided-missile frigates of the United States Navy are based on the European FREMM multipurpose frigate, already in service with the French and Italian navies. Constellation follows the modular but problematic littoral combat ships of the Freedom and Independence classes. [ 15 ]
Finnish police said on Sunday they had found tracks that drag on for dozens of kilometres along the bottom of the Baltic Sea where a tanker carrying Russian oil is suspected of breaking a power ...
Hämeenmaa was a Finnish Riga-class frigate. The class was called the Hämeenmaa class in Finland since the ship had some unique modifications (i.e. British submarine hunting equipment). The two 37 mm twin guns were also replaced with two 40 mm single AA guns in 1975.