Finnish frigate Uusimaa
| History | |
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 Soviet Union | |
| Name: | Filin |
| Builder: | Yantar, Kaliningrad |
| Yard number: | 115 |
| Laid down: | 27 August 1953 |
| Launched: | 6 June 1954 |
| Completed: | 21 December 1954 |
| Status: | sold to Finland, 1964 |
| History | |
 Finland | |
| Name: | Uusimaa |
| Acquired: | 1964 |
| Commissioned: | 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | 1979 |
| Struck: | 1980 |
| Fate: | scrapped 1980 |
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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 |
| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) at 15 knots |
| Complement: | 175 |
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Uusimaa was a Finnish Riga-class frigate. However the class was called the Uusimaa-class in Finland since the ship had some unique modifications (i.e. British submarine hunting equipment).
As the Finnish Navy had a manpower restriction after World War II, the navy suffered personnel shortages after the commissioning of the Turunmaa and Karjala. The navy limited therefore the use of its two Hämeenmaa frigates and finally decided to retire them.[1]
Uusimaa was in Finnish Navy service between 1964-1980. She was decommissioned in 1979 and cannibalized for spare parts for the Hämeenmaa.
See also
- The sister ship Hämeenmaa
References
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