Pyhäranta is a Finnish Pansio-class minelayer that was commissioned in 1992. The ship underwent an extensive mid-life refit in 2017, but ran aground and...
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Hämeenmaa-class minelayers (Finnish: Hämeenmaa-luokan miinalaiva) is a two-vessel strong class of coastal minelayers, used by the Finnish Navy. The Finnish Navy...
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Pyhäranta ran aground in the Archipelago Sea, off Turku, Finland. Her hull was holed. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pansio class minelayer....
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The Finnish Navy (Finnish: Merivoimat, Swedish: Marinen) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The navy employs 2,300 people and about...
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Hamina-class missile boat (redirect from Finnish missile boat Hamina)
Warfare Squadron, part of the Finnish Coastal Fleet, together with the minelayers MLC Hämeenmaa, Porkkala and Pyhäranta. The vessels were built in the...
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Rauma-class missile boat (redirect from Finnish missile boat Naantali)
The Rauma-class missile boats (Finnish: Rauma-luokan ohjusvene) are a class of missile boat in use by the Finnish Navy. It is the predecessor of the Hamina-class...
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Jurmo-class landing craft (category Ships of the Finnish Navy)
by the Finnish Navy. The manufacturer Marine Alutech designates it as Watercat M12. The Jurmo was the result of modernisation in the Finnish Navy in...
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and 81 coastal patrol boats from the Finnish Border Guard can be armed and transferred to the Navy. The Finnish Navy has 246 ships in one naval fleet...
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Uisko-class landing craft (category CS1 Finnish-language sources (fi))
in use by the Finnish Navy. It is the predecessor of the Jurmo class landing craft. Uisko was the first water jet vessel of the Finnish Navy. It features...
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Jehu-class landing craft (category CS1 Finnish-language sources (fi))
as U-700 class) are a class of military transport vessels used by the Finnish Navy. Manufactured by Marine Alutech under the designation Watercat M18...
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Katanpää-class mine countermeasure vessel (category Ships of the Finnish Navy)
report of 2004 the Finnish Government announced that, in addition to training mobile coastal troops and protecting sea traffic, the Finnish Navy would start...
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G-class landing craft (category Articles containing Finnish-language text)
Alutech Watercat M8 landing craft (Finnish: G-vene, Swedish: Gruppbåt) is a type of vessel in use by the Finnish Navy and the Swedish Navy. The G-boat...
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by a civilian crew from the Ministry of the Environment, but is under Finnish Navy control. The vessel can act as a landing ship and logistic support...
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Kiiski-class minesweeper (category Ships of the Finnish Navy)
minesweepers (English: Ruffe) are a series of seven small minesweepers of the Finnish Navy. The ships were constructed in 1975 and were modernized in the 1990s...
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the Finnish Navy to be named after Louhi, the queen of Pohjola in the Finnish mythology. Its pennant number is 999. The first Louhi was a minelayer, built...
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Kuha-class minesweeper (1974) (category CS1 Finnish-language sources (fi))
end of World War II, the Finnish Navy was limited in the number and size of ships, along with the number of sailors the Finnish Navy was allowed to employ...
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t e Active ships of the Finnish Navy Missile boats Minelayers Mine-countermeasure vessels Auxiliaries List of active Finnish Navy ships List of decommissioned...
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Fabian Wrede-class training ship (category CS1 Finnish-language sources (fi))
class consists of three training ships used by Finnish Navy. The ships are used by the Naval academy of Finland for basic seamanship training, with particular...
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provides habitat for marine life". MSN.com. Retrieved 24 August 2022. "Finnish Navy minelayer ran aground, holed". Fleetmon. Retrieved 25 August 2022. "Philippines:...
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Turku Coastal Regiment (category CS1 Finnish-language sources (fi))
Turku Coastal Regiment (Finnish: Turun Rannikkorykmentti) was a Finnish coastal artillery unit operating in the Turku area and Archipelago Sea. It was...
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