Finnish submarine Iku-Turso
| History | |
|---|---|
| Finland | |
| Name | Iku-Turso |
| Ordered | 4 March 1927 |
| Builder | Crichton-Vulcan, Turku, Finland |
| Laid down | 1927 |
| Launched | 5 May 1931 |
| Commissioned | 13 October 1931 |
| Decommissioned | 1946 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1950s |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Vetehinen-class submarine |
| Displacement | 493 tonnes surfaced, 716 tonnes submerged |
| Length | 63.5 m (208.3 ft) |
| Beam | 6.2 m (20.3 ft) |
| Draft | 3.6 m (11.8 ft) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric, 1,016 hp |
| Speed | 12.6 knots (23.3 km/h; 14.5 mph) surfaced, 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged |
| Range | 1,575 nmi (2,917 km; 1,812 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced, 75 nmi (139 km; 86 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Complement | 30 men |
| Armament | |
Iku-Turso was a 500-tonne Vetehinen-class submarine that served in the Finnish Navy during the Second World War. It was launched in May 1931 and was named after a mythological Finnish sea monster, Iku-Turso. It was built by the Crichton-Vulcan shipyard in Turku according to a project developed by NV Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw, "IvS", and was scrapped in 1953.