Finnish frigate Hämeenmaa
Hämeenmaa in 1983, somewhere in the Gulf of Finland | |
| History | |
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| Soviet Union | |
| Name | SKR-69 |
| Builder | Yantar, Kaliningrad |
| Yard number | 125 |
| Laid down | 29 July 1956 |
| Launched | 28 December 1956 |
| Completed | 12 June 1957 |
| Fate | Sold to Finland, 1964 |
| Finland | |
| Name | Hämeenmaa |
| Commissioned | 1964 |
| Decommissioned | 1985 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1986 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type |
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| Displacement |
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| Length | 91.5 m (300 ft) |
| Beam | 10.1 m (33 ft) |
| Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft) |
| Propulsion | steam turbines, 14,900 kW (20,000 hp) |
| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
| Range | 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 175 |
| Armament |
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Hämeenmaa was a Finnish Riga-class frigate. The class was called the Hämeenmaa class in Finland since the ship had some unique modifications (i.e. British submarine hunting equipment). The two 37 mm twin guns were also replaced with two 40 mm single AA guns in 1975.
Hämeenmaa was rebuilt into a minelayer in the 1980s. A communications central replaced the Hedgehog mounting. The torpedo tubes were removed. A bow twin 30 mm AK-230 was added. Hämeenmaa was decommissioned in 1985.