Golub-class guard ship

	Sketch of Uusimaa
Class overview
Builders	Kone ja Silta Oy, Helsinki, Finland; Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstad, Helsinki, Finland
Operators	Imperial Russian Navy; Imperial German Navy; Finnish Navy; Chilean Navy;
Built	1916–1919
In commission	1916–?
Completed	6
Lost	?
Scrapped	At least 2
General characteristics
Type	Gunboat
Displacement	400 tons
Length	52 m (171 ft)
Beam	7.5 m (25 ft)
Draft	3.4 m (11 ft)
Installed power	1,400 shp (1,000 kW)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	73
Armament	Golub-class: 2 × 102 mm cannon (Obuhov 102/60); 1 × 40 mm gun AA; 3 × machine guns; Uusimaa in 1944: 2 × 105 mm (105/45); 2 × 40 mm Bofors AA; 3 × 20 mm Madsen AA; 2 × DC mortar (SPH/37); 40 mines;

Golub-class guard ships were originally built as minelayers and netlayers for the Imperial Russian Navy. Two of the ships were captured by the Germans at Tallinn in 1918 and were given to Finland in 1920. Four more were completed in 1919 and sold via Germans to Chilean Navy (eventually named as Colocolo, Leucoton, Elicura, and Orompello).

The ships had fairly good seagoing abilities and were stable platforms. It was especially well suited for heavy minesweeping duties.

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