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RUOTSINSALMI class minelayers

Riilahti 1940

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ruotsinsalmi   Crichton-Vulcan, Aabo 1938 5/1940 2/1941 stricken 1974
Riilahti   Crichton-Vulcan, Aabo 1938 1940 1941 sunk 23/8/1943

 

 

Displacement standard, t

310

Displacement full, t

?

Length, m

50.0

Breadth, m

7.90

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Rateau diesels

Power, h. p.

1120

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Armament

1 x 1 - 75/50 Canet, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Bofors, 2 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen, sweeps, 100 mines

Complement

60

Modernizing notes: none.

Fate Notes: Riilahti was sunk by Soviet MTB No94.

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