Finnish coastal defence ship Väinämöinen

History
Finland
NameVäinämöinen
NamesakeVäinämöinen
Ordered1927
BuilderCrichton-Vulcan Oy, Turku, Finland
Laid downAugust 1929
Launched29 April 1932
Commissioned28 December 1932
FateTransferred to Soviet Union 29 May 1947
Soviet Union
NameVyborg
Acquired29 May 1947
FateScrapped 1966
General characteristics
Class & typeVäinämöinen-class coastal defence ship
Displacement3,900 long tons
Length93.0 m (305.1 ft)
Beam16.864 m (55.33 ft)
Draught5.0 m (16.4 ft)
Propulsion
  • Diesel-Electric powertrain
  • four Krupp engines 875 kW (1,173 hp), two shafts.
  • 3,500 kW (4,700 hp)
Speed14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
Range700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi)
Complement410
Armament

Väinämöinen was a Finnish coastal defence ship, the sister ship of the Finnish Navy's flagship Ilmarinen and also the first ship of her class. She was built at the Crichton-Vulcan shipyard in Turku and was launched in 1932. Following the end of the Continuation War, Väinämöinen was handed over to the Soviet Union as war reparations and renamed Vyborg. The ship remained in Soviet hands until her scrapping in 1966.