 Kurki inSuomenlinna | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kiisla class |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | R class |
| Completed | 2 |
| Scrapped | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol boat |
| Displacement | 280 tons |
| Length | 48.1 m (158 ft) |
| Beam | 8.8 m (29 ft) |
| Draught | 2.2 m (7 ft) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | KaMeWa water jets |
| Speed | 25knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Complement | 35 |
| Armament |
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TheKiisla class was a Finnish class of twopatrol boats later converted toanti-submarine warfare vessels. The ships were built in 1984 and 1988 at the Hollming shipyard inRauma, Finland for theFinnish Coast Guard. They were transferred to theFinnish Navy in 2004.
The two vessels of the class formed the Guard Squadron (Finnish:Vartioviirikkö) of the 7th Missile Boat Flotilla and they were based atUpinniemi.
After only a few years in service in the Finnish Navy, theKiisla-class patrol boats were laid up and offered for sale. In January 2013, the Finnish shipowner Joakim Håkans proposed that the unused vessels should be donated toDjibouti, where they would be used for anti-piracy patrols.[1] On 10 July 2013, it was announced that as no sufficient buyer had been found,Kiisla andKurki would be scrapped and salvaged parts used as spares for other vessels of the Finnish Navy.[2] The ships werebroken up in 2015.[3]
