Filin-class guard ship

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ORP General Haller.jpg
Model of ORP General Haller
Class overview
Builders
OperatorsFinnish Navy, Polish Navy, Kriegsmarine
Built1918-1919
In commission1918–1952
Planned6
Completed4
Lost2
Scrapped2
General characteristics
TypeGunboat
Displacement342 tons
Length50 m (160 ft)
Beam7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Draft2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Installed power1,150 shp (860 kW)
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement48–63
ArmamentFilin class:
  • 1 × 75 mm/50 gun
  • 1 × 40 mm gun AA[1]
Turunmaa after 1941:
  • 2 × 75 mm/50 guns
  • 3 × 20 mm Madsen AA
  • 1 × 12.7 mm machine gun
  • 2 × DC mortar (SPH/37 or SPH/43)
  • 30 mines

Filin-class guard ships were a class of ships originally built in Finland as patrol vessels for the Imperial Russian Navy. With the withdrawal of Russia from the area, the ships went to other use.

Overview[]

Four ships were constructed, two of them were sold to Polish Navy where they served as General Haller and Komendant Piłsudski and the other two were commissioned into the Finnish Navy as Turunmaa and Karjala.[2]

They were initially classified as patrol cruisers though the name did not describe them well. The class had good accommodation for a their size but they hardly resembled a warship. Foreign observers' comments on the ships of the class in Finnish service was that they were 'graceful tugs'. The ships were only suitable for coastal patrolling as they were not particularly seaworthy and their structural strength and power were limited. Also the structure did not allow guns larger than 75 mm to be installed.[2][3][4]

Ships in class[]

Ship Laid down as Launched In commission Service with Notes
Turunmaa Tshirok
Orlan 		1918 1918 - 1952 Military Flag of Finland.svgFinnish Navy Sold for scrap 1953
Karjala Filin 1918 1918 - 1952 Military Flag of Finland.svgFinnish Navy Sold for scrap 1953
General Haller Vodorez 1919[1] 1921 - 1939 Naval Ensign of Poland.svgPolish Navy Sunk September 1939
Naval Ensign of Poland.svgKomendant Piłsudski
War Ensign of Germany 1938-1945.svgHeisternest 		Lun 1919[1] Naval Ensign of Poland.svg1921-1939
War Ensign of Germany 1938-1945.svg1939-1943 		Naval Ensign of Poland.svgPolish Navy
War Ensign of Germany 1938-1945.svgKriegsmarine 		Naval Ensign of Poland.svgSunk September 1939
War Ensign of Germany 1938-1945.svgRaised 1939. Sunk September 1943.
Gorlitsa Gorlitsa - - - Never completed, scrapped
Sova Sova - - - Never completed, scrapped

Last two ships of the same class - Gorlitsa and Sova - were being constructed before the work on them was halted. They were never completed and instead were scrapped.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921. London, England: Conway Maritime Press Ltd. p. 319. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
  2. ^ a b Auvinen, Visa (1983). Leijonalippu merellä [Lion flag at sea] (in Finnish). Pori, Finland: Satakunnan Kirjapaino Oy. pp. 34–35. ISBN 951-95781-1-0.
  3. ^ Kijanen, Kalervo (1968). "Erikoistietoja Suomen Laivastovoimien Aluksista" [Special information on the Ships of the Finnish Navy]. Suomen Laivasto 1918–1968, II [Finnish Navy 1918–1968, part II] (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Meriupseeriyhdistys/Otavan Kirjapaino.
  4. ^ Kijanen, Kalervo (1968). Suomen Laivasto 1918–1968, I [Finnish Navy 1918–1968, part I] (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Meriupseeriyhdistys/Otavan Kirjapaino. p. 112.
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