Finnish gunboat Turunmaa
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| Career |  |
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| Type: | Gun boat |
| Class | Gorlitsa class |
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | |
| Commissioned: | 1916 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1953 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 342 tons |
| Length: | 50,0 m |
| Beam: | 6,9 m |
| Draught: | 2,9 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 × boilers 860 kW |
| Speed: | 15 knots |
| Range: | 700 nm (at 15 knots) |
| Complement: | 1930: 4 + 44 1942: 3 + 60 |
| Armament: | 2 × 75mm/50 1 × 40mm AA 3 × 20mm AA 2 × DP mortars 30 mines |
Turunmaa was a Finnish gun boat, built in 1916. She served in the Finnish Navy during World War II.
While in Russian service (1916-1917) the ship had been named both Orlan and Tshirok. Turunmaa was built in Helsinki for the Russian Navy but was taken over by Finnish troops in the Finnish Civil War. The ship was used as a training ship for Finnish sea cadets during peace time.
[edit] Ships of the class
| Country | Name | Year | |
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Finland | Turunmaa | 1916 |
| Karjala | 1918 | ||
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Poland | General Haller | ? |
| Komandant Pilsudski | ? | ||
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