Finnish minelayer Pyhäranta

Pyhäranta in Helsinki harbor in March 2007
History
Finnish Navy
NamePyhäranta
NamesakePyhäranta
OrderedMay 1990
BuilderOlkiluoto shipyard
Yard number92
Commissioned26 April 1992
General characteristics
Class & typePansio-class minelayer
Displacement680 tons
Length43 m (141 ft 1 in)
Beam10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft2 m (6 ft 7 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × diesel engines
  • 1,100 kW (1,500 hp)
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Crew19
Armament

Pyhäranta is a Finnish Pansio-class minelayer that was commissioned in 1992. The ship underwent an extensive mid-life refit in 2017, but ran aground and damaged its hull during an exercise in August 2022. At that time, it was based at Upinniemi and was a part of the 7th Surface Warfare Squadron of the Finnish Coastal Fleet along with the other minelayers Hämeenmaa and Porkkala, as well as several Hamina-class fast attack craft.