Kuha-class minesweeper (1974)
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There has also been an older class named Kuha in the Finnish Navy, see Kuha-class minesweeper (1941).
The Kuha-class minesweepers (English: Zander) is a series of six inshore minesweepers of the Finnish Navy. The ships were constructed in 1974–1975. All the vessels of the class were modified and modernized in the late 1990s, including a lengthening of the hull. Two of the class were withdrawn from service in 2012. The rest of the class will be retired with the entry into service of the Katanpää-class mine countermeasure vessels.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Kuha class |
Builders | Oy Laivateollisuus Ab, Turku, Finland |
Operators | Finnish Navy |
Succeeded by | Katanpää class |
Planned | 14 |
Completed | 6 |
Cancelled | 8 |
Active | 4 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Minesweeper |
Displacement | 127 t (125 long tons) fully loaded |
Length | 31.6 m (103 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in) |
Draught | 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) |
Installed power | 2 × Cummins NT-380M diesel engines, 450 kW (600 bhp) |
Propulsion | 1 shaft, controllable pitch propeller |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 14 |
Sensors and processing systems | Racal Decca radar |
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