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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.
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.
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.
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 ]
Finland: Auxiliary transport vessel: 4: 15-metre 50-tonne auxiliary transport craft. Unarmed. Träskö Finland: Launch (YFL) 1: 14-metre 15-tonne launch. Unarmed. Three were built, two have been decommissioned. Command launches; Syöksy Finland: Command launch (YFL) 4: 14-metre 19-tonne command launch. Armed with ITKK 96 heavy machine guns ...
Model Origin Type Quantity Image Details BMP-2MD Soviet Union Finland Infantry fighting vehicle: 110 [1]: All vehicles modernized to the Finnish BMP-2MD standard with a new main gun supplied by Slovakian ZTS Special AS, thermal imaging and Polish multi-spectral camouflage Berberys-R between 2015 and 2019.
This is a list of former frigates of the Finnish Navy: Riga class. Hämeenmaa (1964 - 1987) Uusimaa (1964 - 1979) Bay class. Matti Kurki (1962-1975)