Finnish gunboat Hämeenmaa

Hämeenmaa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈhæmeːmˌmɑː]) was a gunboat that served in the Finnish Navy during World War II. She was built in 1917. As the ship had changed hands many times during the turbulent last years of World War I she had been renamed many times: In Russian service, she was called Pingvin; later, in German service, her name was Wulf. Finally, in 1920, the Germans handed her over to the Finns, who renamed her Hämeenmaa. After World War II, she served as a trawler in the Baltic Sea. She was scrapped in 1953.

For the later Finnish Navy ship called Hämeenmaa, see Hämeenmaa-class minelayer.
History
Finland
NameHämeenmaa
BuilderKone ja Silta Oy, Helsinki, Finland
Commissioned1917 (Finnish Navy)
FateScrapped in 1953
General characteristics
Class and typeUusimaa-class gunboat
Displacement400 tons
Length52 m (170 ft 7 in)
Beam7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draft3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
Propulsiontwo boilers, 1,400 shp (1,000 kW)
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement73
ArmamentIn the 1920s:
In 1939:
  • 2 × 102 mm Obuchov (102/60)
  • 1 × 40 mm Bofors AA
  • 2 × machine gun
  • 2 × DC mortar (SPH/37)
  • 40 mines
In 1941:
  • 2 × 102 mm Obuchov (102/60)
  • 2 × 40 mm Bofors AA
  • 1 × 20 mm Madsen AA
  • 2 × DC mortar (SPH/37)
  • 40 mines
In 1944:
  • 2 × 105 mm (105/45)
  • 2 × 40 mm Bofors AA
  • 3 × 20 mm Madsen AA
  • 2 × DC mortar (SPH/37)
  • 40 mines
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