Finnish gunboat Uusimaa

Uusimaa 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 Golub, later, in German service, her name was Beo. Finally the Germans handed her over to the Finns in 1920, who renamed her Uusimaa. After World War II, she served as a trawler in the Baltic Sea. She was scrapped in 1953.

History
Finland
NameUusimaa
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 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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