Ajonpää-class minesweeper
Class overview | |
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Name | Ajonpää |
Builders | Denmark |
Operators | Finnish Navy |
Built | 1941-1942 |
In commission | 1941-1962 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Minesweeper |
Displacement | 52 tons |
Length | 20.0 m (65.6 ft) |
Beam | 5.3 m (17 ft) |
Draught | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion | 200 hp (150 kW) |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
Armament | 1 × 20 mm Madsen AA |
Notes | Ships in class include: Ajonpää, Kallanpää |
Ajonpää and Kallanpää were bought from Denmark during the Continuation War and were intended for clearing influence mines. Both ships survived the wars, Ajonpää was retired 1960 and Kallanpää on 1962.[1]
References[]
- ^ Auvinen, Visa (1983). Leijonalippu merellä [Lion flag at sea] (in Finnish). Pori, Finland: Satakunnan Kirjapaino Oy. pp. 86–87. ISBN 951-95781-1-0.
Categories:
- Minesweepers of the Finnish Navy
- 1940s ships
- Mine warfare vessel classes
- Ships built in Denmark
- European naval ship stubs
- Finnish military stubs