Finnish gunboat Turunmaa

1930: 48
1942: 63

	Finnish gunboat Turunmaa
History
Name	Turunmaa
Commissioned	1916 (Finnish Navy)
Fate	Scrapped in 1953
General characteristics
Class and type	Filin-class guard ship
Displacement	342 tons
Length	50 m (160 ft)
Beam	6.9 m (23 ft)
Draft	2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Propulsion	two boilers, 860 kW
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Range	700 nautical miles (1,300 km) at 15 knots
Complement	1930: 48; 1942: 63;
Armament	In 1920s: 2 × 75 mm; 12 mines; In 1939: 2 × 75 mm/50; 2 × 20 mm Madsen anti-aircraft guns; 2 × machine gun; 2 × depth charge mortar (SPH/37); 30 mines; In 1944: 2 × 75 mm/50; 3 × 20 mm Madsen anti-aircraft guns; 1 × 12.7 mm machine gun; 2 × depth charge mortar (SPH/43); 30 mines;

Turunmaa was a Finnish gunboat built in 1918. She served in the Finnish Navy during World War II. The ship was named after Turuma, a type of frigate designed for use in shallow waters of the archipelago and served in the Swedish Archipelago fleet in the late 18th century. The frigates had in turn been named after the region of Finland.

During construction while in Russian lists (1916–1917) the ship had been named both Orlan and Tshirok. Turunmaa was built in Helsinki for the Imperial 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 peacetime and was nicknamed as Surunmaa (land of sorrow).

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